Short Creek Festivities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820700914
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Colorado City, AZ, USA
Phone
4352128112
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,766
Expenses
$76,367
Assets
$2,399
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terrill Musser (President)
  • Kendall Pipkin (Vice President Chair)

People named in this filing

  • Villia Holm (Treasurer)
  • Terrill Musser (President)
  • Kendall Pipkin (Vice President Chair)

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

Short Creek Festivities is organized exclusively for charitable purposes to promote community welfare by organizing and funding public celebrations, fireworks displays, Fourth of July festivities, and related community events in the Short Creek area of Arizona.

What it reported doing in 2025

Line 16- Other expenses All expenses reported on line 16 relate to the organizations exempt purpose of organizing and funding community celebrations in the Short Creek area. Expenses consisted of the following: Program expenses for community events (fireworks and pyrotechnics, event permits and insurance, food and beverages for events, entertainment, equipment rentals, repairs and maintenance) totaling $64,736 Decorations and supplies $556 Advertising and marketing $4022 Management and general office expenses (office supplies and software, bank and payment fees, equipment lease and maintenance) totaling $253 Supplies and materials $5,299 Vehicle expenses $148 These costs directly supported public Fourth of July festivities and firework displays the promote community welfare and bring residents together.

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 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 9; 9th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.