Santa's Elves & Santa Claus Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310899429
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Claus, IN, USA
Phone
8129372687
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,224
Expenses
$102,602
Assets
$301,958

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAT KOCH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAT KOCH (PRESIDENT)
  • ED RINEHART (TREASURER)
  • NICK HELD (DIRECTOR)

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

Preserve, interpret, and exhibit the cultural and natural history of the town of santa claus, Indiana and to perpetuate the tradition of santa's elves, inc answering letters to santa

What it reported doing in 2024

Donated remodeled, rent free space valued at 9,250 to operate a museum which displays artifacts, historical items, data and memorabilia relating to the town of santa claus, Indiana. Share the history of the tradition of answering letters children write to santa claus and display those letters from years ago. Provide a location for volunteers to answer the childrens' letters and tourists' questions about the area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • 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: 25.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 89; 89th 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: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.