Ramona Town Hall Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510147121
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Ramona, CA, USA
Phone
7607898696
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,866
Expenses
$57,836
Assets
$936,630
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Woodward T Kirkman (President)
  • Tom McKelvey (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Woodward T Kirkman (President)
  • Tom McKelvey (Vice President)
  • Jill Bacorn (Sec/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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Established in 1894, The Ramona Town Hall enriches the lives of the people of the San Diego rural back country by providing a premier venue that is rich in historical legacy, and where they can congregate to celebrate, entertain, and educate. Our mission is to maintain, insure and keep The Town Hall available for use by the people.

What it reported doing in 2025

It is the 132nd Anniversary of the dedication of Ramona Town Hall.Last year we had the Sun Valley String Band play an afternoon concert, attended by 50-60 people. During 2025 various renters have used rooms as needed for their event, for meetings, lectures, school field trips, music & dance concerts, birthday parties, showers and memorials bringing as many as 25 - 200 people to any event. Additionally, Ramona Town Hall hosted Santa for Ramona Chamber of Commerce, as well as Halloween Trick or Treating, bringing over 500 people to the Hall. On Dec. 31, 2025 a fundraising Gala brought 100 people to celebrate New Year's. The funds enabled the Trustees to re-roof the Main Hall - with 50 year roofing material. This along with meeting San Diego Gas & Electric for upgrades, window coverings and new doors in the hall addressed weather and safety issues.Long time Trustee Cassandra Salvatore passed away in May and her life was honored at the hall. The Main Hall was rented out for a Christmas pop-up shop in November which brought 100s of people to shop and donate to Ramona Town Hall.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $50.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.9%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.19; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.1% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.