Save the Graves Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921758042
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Location
- Placerville, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9162205889
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,992
- Expenses
- $34,922
- Assets
- $72,657
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL ROBERTS (President)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL ROBERTS (President)
- MICHELE MARTIN (Secretary)
- JACOB RIGOLI (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Save the graves is dedicated to the restoration and protection of el dorado couonty cemeteries and the preservtion of the histoy and stories contained therin. We celebrate the cemeteries and their history with projects, activities and events which contribute to our mission.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, save the graves successfully transitioned from a local gathering into a significant regional cultural attraction, hosting nearly 1,000 attendees and drawing visitors from over 10 states. Our data indicates that 10% of guests to our annual cemetery fundraiser traveled from outside el dorado county, with a heavy draw from the greater sacramento area, directly advancing the county's tourism and economic goals. Beyond attendance, our work fueld a robust volunteer program involving hundreds of participants. By engaging younger generations in hands-on preservtaion, we have fostered a lifelong connection to local history, ensuring these hallowed grounds remain respected and maintained for years to come. The impact of our work has also triggere a powerful "replication effect," positioning our unique blend of theater, history, and restoration as a gold standard for preservation. While out-of-state visitors traveled specifically to study our model for their own communities, local civic organizations--including the d.a.r., the emblem club, and the odd fellows--have already implemented restoration programs in el dorado hills, placerville, and mosquito under our guidance. Ultimately, save the graves has become a vital catalyst for community cohesion. By bringing together pioneer descendants and new comers to work side-by-side, we have bridged demographic divides and strengthened the social fabric of the county.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.8%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 44.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.