Bedford Audubon Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 136220779
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Katonah, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9142321999
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $432,254
- Expenses
- $273,211
- Assets
- $3,755,789
- Liabilities
- $4,077
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN HANNAN (PRESIDENT)
- MELANIE BROCKLEHURST (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN HANNAN (PRESIDENT)
- MELANIE BROCKLEHURST (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CEASAR BRYAN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote conservation and protection of birds and wildlife habitats in the northern westchester county and eastern putnam county regions of New York through birdwatching, education, nature study and advocacy.the vision and mission of bedford audubon, connecting people to nature, reflects the fundamental belief that all people deserve fairness, justice, and inclusivity, as well as a healthy environment. We welcome everyone to share our love of nature, to learn from each other and with each other, without discrimination. We celebrate the qualities that make each person unique and commit to aligning our membership, mission, policies and procedures with the principals of acceptance, belonging, and inclusion for all people.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conservation education, outreach & research: participation in our experiential environmental education (lectures, workshops, nature walks, and field trips) by adults and families is solid and growing.monthly emailings are received by more than 1,700 individuals and theperiodic print newsletter is mailed to approximately 500 households with additional issues given away at local libraries and outreach events.community science remains integral to bedford audubon. We continue toparticpate in eaglewatch and the chestnut ridge hawkwatch and in themonitoring avian productivity & survivorship (maps) project, in its 15th season.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 36.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.75; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $202K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.