Tecumseh Area Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382415837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Tecumseh, MI, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,027
Expenses
$26,889
Assets
$84,250

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gary Naugle (President)
  • Michael Hrivnak (First Vice President)
  • Carol Duncan-Poore (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Gary Naugle (President)
  • Michael Hrivnak (First Vice President)
  • Deb Kogelman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To preserve and promote accessibility to the cultural artifacts and resources that embody our communitys rich history; and collecting preserving & displaying historical artifacts of the Tecumseh area and expanding to promote and support education arts and culture historic preservation and the historical aspects of home and building architecture in the Tecumseh area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Collection preservation and display of historical artifacts in museum for general public. Open from April 5 to December 20 for 43 open dates with around 440 docent hours. 12 Executive Board Meetings for around 210 volunteer hours. Various other meetings for committees fundraising activities school programs museum programs and work sessions averaged 300 volunteer hours. Total visitors served during the year was 998.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.4%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 49%; rating input score 49

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: 7.4%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.13; rating input score 75; 75th 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: -46.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.4% of revenue deployed · 49% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.