The Northumberland County Historical Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222446050
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Sunbury, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5702864083
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,662
- Expenses
- $46,230
- Assets
- $1,713,172
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID RUTHS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- REBECCA HINTON (TRUSTEE)
- CINDY INKROTE (TRUSTEE)
- HOPE KOPF (TRUSTEE)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote and encourage historical research in connection with northumberland county, pa. To promote a wider appreciation of american heritage with particular emphasis of the collection, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge of the history of northumberland county, pa. To collect and preserve printed records, books, genealogies, newspapers, maps, portraits, engravings, and in particular the documentary heritage, including manuscripts, letters, journals, church and cemetery records and other materials relating to history. To prepare and read before the society papers on the history, biography, genealogy and customs of the people of ths county. To publish papers and documents from time to time and to make them permanent records. To establish a library and museum wherein to preserve all books, papers, relics and other articles relating to history. To promote social intercourse among the members. To develop, preserve and interpret the fort augusta site to its full potential as a his
What it reported doing in 2025
To promote and encourage historical research in connection with northumberland county, pa
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.5%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 44.3%; rating input score 44
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 65.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 37.06; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 37.5% of revenue deployed · 44.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.