Amagansett Life-saving & Coast Guard Station Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821601103
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Amagansett, NY, USA
Phone
6312675219
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,492
Expenses
$89,056
Assets
$564,189
Liabilities
$653

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL N CINQUE (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT BRADLEY (CO- PRESIDEN)
  • MICHAEL N CINQUE (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN J MARZO (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To maintain and preserve the amagansett life-saving and coast guard station located at 160 atlantic ave, amagansett, ny 11930 to operate a museum at the station of the purpose of making it accessible to the public and of interpreting its history and the history of the u.s. Life-saving service and the u.s. Coast guard in east hampton and evirons for the interest and intruction of the residents of the town of east hampton and numerous visitors to the town to own and/or hold collections, mount exhibits, produce written materials and offer educational and public programs and to engage in any and all other lawful activities in the furtherance of the foregoing purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

To maintain and preserve the amagansett life-saving and coast guard station located at 160 atlantic avenue, amagansett, ny 11930 (the "station"); to operate a museum at the station for the purpose of making it accessible to the public and interpreting history and the history of the u.s. Life- saving service and u.s. Coast guard in east hampton an environs for the interest and instruction of the residents of the town of east hampton and numerous visitors to the town; to own and/or hold collections, mount exhibits, produce written materials and offer eduational and public programs; and to engage in all other lawful activities in furtherance of the foregoing purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: -12%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.34; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.