Patriots House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
166030865
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Albion, NY, USA
Phone
5853526467
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,277
Expenses
$25,938
Assets
$701,689
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Penny Nice (President)

People named in this filing

  • Penny Nice (President)
  • Patrice Birner (Treasurer)
  • Nancy Good (Secretary)

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

Educate the general public about the fight for American Independence and those who took part in the hopes to keep their memories alive. In addition to foster patriotic citizenship and historic preservation

What it reported doing in 2025

1 - Historic Preservation -- Maintains an 1840s Tousley-Church House, provides support for historic preservation efforts for the Cobblestone Museum, The Carl Akeley Fox Exhibit, Bents Opera House and the Heritage Festival. 2 - Education -- Supports education projects in schools which include supporting child and adult literacy, monetary awards to high school senior chosen by each school and various donations to students Civil War Veterans Project, WW1 plaque restoration and etc. 3 - Patriotism -- Supports veterans by donation to local Medical Van Services, hosting annual Veterans Day Cermony, care packages and donations through DAR project, Buffalo VA medical facility. Promotes respect for the flag by sponsoring an American Flag and providing copies of Flag Code to the public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 68.5%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: 32.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 27.05; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 68.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 69 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.