The Wessyngton Plantation African American Preservation Association
Legal name: Wessyngton Plantation African American Preservation Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824617046
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Springfield, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6153825486
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $5,232
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Baker (President)
- J Mark Lowe (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- John Baker (President)
- J Mark Lowe (Vice President)
- Cindy Darden (Director)
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 maintain the cemetery and all fencing and monuments located on the site of Wessyngton Plantation, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tennessee in which former enslaved people of African American descent and certain of their descendants are buried. To preserve the history of the enslaved African American people who lived and worked on the site of the Wessyngton Plantation located in Robertson County, Tennessee. To preserve the culture, stories, and landmarks that emanate from the history of the enslaved people who lived and worked on the site of the Wessyngton Plantation. To promote and develop educational programs related to the Wessyngton African American Cemetery and the history and culture of the enslaved people who lived and worked at the Wessyngton Plantation. To gather information, develop projects, and preserve the history of the Wessyngton Plantation.
What it reported doing in 2025
We maintained the Historic Cemetery and provided Educational Tours and Activities within our mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -67% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -43.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.