Morgan County Improvement Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260090510
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mcconnelsville, OH, USA
Phone
7409626772
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$270,540
Expenses
$115,943
Assets
$3,734,992
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KELSEY WELLS (BOARD MEMBER): $2,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The sole purpose for which the corporation is formed is to advance, encourage, and promote industrial, economic, commercial, and civic development of the county of morgan, and the municipal corporations located therein by acting as the designated agency of the county of morgan, one or more municipal corporations located therein, or the county of morgan and one or more municipal corporations located therein, for the industrial, commercial, distribution, and research development in such political subdivision in accordance with section 1724.10, revised code. To provide real property for an industrial building being financed in part by loans and grants from the state of Ohio. The corporation shall have the right to raise money and expend funds for community projects in morgan county, Ohio. Our activity furthers our exempt purpose as we are able to obtain loans with lower than standard interest rates and grants from the state of Ohio to finance the real property, which in turn allows the co

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide real property for an industrial building being financed in part by loans and grants from the state of Ohio. The corporation shall have the right to raise money and expend funds for community projects in morgan county, Ohio. Our activity furthers our exempt purpose as we are able to obtain loans with lower than standard interest rates and grants from the state of Ohio to finance the real property, which in turn allows the company leasing the industrial building to pay lower lease payments and gives them an incentive to come to morgan county, Ohio to help reduce unemployment and create jobs in our local economy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.9%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 32.21; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.9% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $114K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.