Ritchie County Tourism &

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550770699
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Harrisville, WV, USA
Phone
3042662250
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,920
Expenses
$48,877
Assets
$12,733
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Connie L FrederickWilliams (President)
  • Jeff Adams (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Connie L FrederickWilliams (President)
  • Jeff Adams (Vice President)
  • Steve Ritter (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Business League - Tourism

What it reported doing in 2024

Advertising and marketing tourism available within coverage area of Ritchie County and surrounding area by working with local businesses to create the Head for the Hills Festival, specifically designed to pull tourists into Ritchie County and then require tourists attending the festival to visit 20 local businesses to complete festival events. Support the Ritchie County Fair & Exposition, which pulls tourists into Ritchie County. Support local activities and events at Ritchie County venues including North Bend State Park at Cairo WV, Sleep Inn & Suites at Ellenboro WV and at other Ritchie County venues, which also bring in tourists.

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 85% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 71% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.