Up Steam & Gas Engine Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383418386
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Escanaba, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9064205525
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- History Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $91,775
- Expenses
- $66,842
- Assets
- $80,458
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM YODER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOE CILC (TREASURER)
- JIM YODER (PRESIDENT)
- ROD SALYER (VICE-PRESIDE)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the association shall be to maintain and preserve, for the historical and educational purposes of the membership and the public, internal combustion and steam-powered equipment and machinery, to provide a medium through which persons so interested may meet to exhibit, display, operate, observe, and become educated in all types and kinds of steam and combustion-powered equipment and machinery, to acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to erect, maintain, and hold any real estate or personal property appropriate to the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes, to do any and all things necessary and/or conducive to the preservation of and education in our american heritage.
What it reported doing in 2024
A program service accomplishment is to educate the public about the importance of steam and gas engines to advance and grow the capacity of american agriculture and manufacturing.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.