Balch Lake Improvement Organization Blimp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421554346
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- East Wakefield, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6175136561
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,957
- Expenses
- $71,138
- Assets
- $184,255
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sue Jackman (Director & President)
People named in this filing
- Sue Jackman (Director & President)
- Denise Bruce Bowden (Directors & Co-Secretaries)
- Ed Suleski (Director & 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To prevent and/or mitigate the spread of non-native invasive plant species (e.g., variable milfoil) on Balch Lake for the benefits of ecology, lake health and recreation for the residents; and other related exempt activities
What it reported doing in 2025
Conduct water sampling & testing to monitor Balch Lake general water quality and periodically also test for existence of any heavy metals, PFAS, "forever chemicals", etc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.