Nevada Society of Scottish Clans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942939536
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Reno, NV, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,256
Expenses
$75,976
Assets
$43,486

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Ann McApline (Director)
  • Sam Hatley (Chief)
  • James McLane (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the Nevada Society of Scottish Clans is tp perpetuate the ancient customs literature music games history and attire of Scotland and its people. The Nevada Society of Scottish Clans provides opportunities for anyone interested in learning about and benefiting from the rich cultural heritage of Scotland and it people. The Society held it annual Robert Burns Dinner supported the Sierra Highland Pipe Band Northern Nevada Highland Dancers Great Basin Highland Games Sierra Silver Strings and offered it membership monthly gatherings for general interaction

What it reported doing in 2025

Robert Burns Dinner is a celebration of Scotlands famous Poet Robert Burns. The dinner includes annual awards a presentation describing Robert Burns life music provided by the Sierra Silver Strings and Sierra Highland Pipe Band with dancers from the Northern Nevada Highland Dance group. Number attending 450

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.2%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.2% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $54K 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: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.