Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043137734
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Worcester, MA, USA
Phone
2016935853
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,435
Expenses
$25,727
Assets
$46,987

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stacy H Minihane (President)
  • Diana LW Abbott (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stacy H Minihane (President)
  • Alicia Geilen (Treasurer)
  • David Gorden (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote wetland science in Massachusetts

What it reported doing in 2024

Continue to provide a website featuring workshops, important wetland related links, and special member only access features

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.