The Lunchbox and the Royal Crown Crown Cola Musuem Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871078495
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Columbus, GA, USA
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- History Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $607,277
- Expenses
- $58,904
- Assets
- $563,722
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIMMY MCKINSTRY (President)
- DR JOSEPH LARGEMAN (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- JIMMY MCKINSTRY (President)
- DR JOSEPH LARGEMAN (Vice President)
- BONNIE WOODALL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Columbus collective museums presents the evolution of pop culture and technology in america to diverse audiences, with special emphasis on the industrial history of columbus, Georgia through brilliant and colorful displays of artifacts, historic objects, and historical site recreations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operated a multi-museum cultural center featuring eight distinct collections, including the Lunchbox Museum, RC Cola Museum, Nehi Museum, Tom Huston Peanut Museum, Chero-Cola Country Store, Folk Art Museum, Georgia Radio Museum and Hall of Fame, and additional Americana collections. Welcomed visitors from across the region and beyond throughout the year. Offered educational tours, school partnerships, youth art activities, and community engagement programs that provided affordable learning opportunities for children and families, especially within underserved neighborhoods surrounding Hamilton Road. Hosted public events including the Crossroads Folk Art Festival, artist talks, local artist exhibitions, and ongoing Folk Art Junction programming to support emerging and established folk artists in the region. Maintained and preserved thousands of historic artifacts, commercial memorabilia, and regional cultural materials, ensuring safe stewardship and accessibility for future generations through conservation efforts and public exhibition. Contributed to the revitalization of the Hamilton Road corridor by increasing tourism activity, improving community engagement, and promoting local heritage and creative culture.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 94
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.8%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $103.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 90.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.57; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.8% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.