Townshend Historical Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030362474
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Townshend, VT, USA
Phone
8023654400
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural History, Natural Science Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,460
Expenses
$4,308
Assets
$40,459
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES MARCHANT (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT DUGRENIER (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHARLES MARCHANT (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT DUGRENIER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE MORROW (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To preserve and share the history of townshend, vt

What it reported doing in 2025

The townshend historical society spearheaded, directed and oversaw the restoration of an historic james follet stone arch bridge in west townshend. The project was funded by $256,366 in private donations raised by the townshend historical society, a $221,000 save america's treasures grant from the historic preservation fund administered by the national park service of the department of the interior, a $20,000 grant from the Vermont division for historic preservation and $315,670 in town appropriations. The project was completed in 2024 with a total budget of $813,036 and it was finished within the scheduled five months by standing stone, llc. The townshend historical society is proud and grateful to have been part of such a monumental success.

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

MIXED - 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: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.8%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 32.2%; rating input score 32
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.3%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.39; rating input score 64; 64th 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -199.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -94.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.8% of revenue deployed · 32.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.