Mining History Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841144047
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Louisville, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3036664698
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,107
- Expenses
- $78,544
- Assets
- $204,605
- Liabilities
- $10,444
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eric Clements (President)
- Robert McQueen (Vice PRESIDENT/PRES-ELECT)
- Dana Bennett (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- Eric Clements (President)
- Robert McQueen (Vice PRESIDENT/PRES-ELECT)
- James E Fell (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Form 990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose - the organization consists of individuals interested in the history of mining and metallurgy. It holds an annual meeting, publishes a scholarly journal and a quarterly newsletter and provides a forum for discussion of the history of mining.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the year 2024, the mining history association engaged in different activities associated with the history of mining and metallurgy, the preservation of mine and mineral processing sites, and research on the mining past, particularly the american mining past. To this end, it published its scholarly, peer-reviewed mining history journal, which held both articles and book reviews. The association also published quarterly newsletters of its activities. It also held its annual conference, this time at park city, Utah, in the midst of a major silver mining area headlined by the ontario mine, though park city is best known today as a major ski area. The conference had a number of presentations on mining history in Utah and elsewhere along with several trips to present and historic mining areas around salt lake city. The mha also made preparations for its 2026 conference to be held in Kansas. The association in addition held a series of zoom presentations on mining history for members a
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.