Newnan-coweta Historical Society I
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581262145
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Newnan, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7703042304
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $370,214
- Expenses
- $286,818
- Assets
- $1,381,861
- Liabilities
- $4,880
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES SHEPHERD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- HARRY CAMP (BOARD MEMBER)
- LINDSAY COOPER (BOARD MEMBER)
- JENNY ENDERLIN (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The newnan-coweta historical society is dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the historical, cultural and architectural heritage of coweta county through its programs, exhibitions, and collections while serving, engaging and educating the diverse communities of coweta county and the surrounding region. It is the primary source for historical information and resources about the community. The organization serves as a research center for scholars, academics, historians, writers, and public researchers and supports the work of preserving, studying, and promoting history through a robust scholarship fund and through collaborative work with academic institutions.
What it reported doing in 2025
Local history museums - interpret history of area by exhibits featuring textiles, civil war weapons, furnishings, and medical equipment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 60.7%; rating input score 61
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.82; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 60.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $174K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 47/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.