Big Pond Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043106683
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Westfield, MA, USA
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fisheries Resources

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,572
Expenses
$3,671
Assets
$213,717

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffrey Mitchell (President)
  • Fred Ryon (First Vice President)
  • Jarrod Orszulak (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey Mitchell (President)
  • Fred Ryon (First Vice President)
  • Jarrod Orszulak (Second Vice President)

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

Preserve the lake quality and shoreline of Big Pond

What it reported doing in 2025

Weed Watcher Program: Monitor lake for invasives non-native plants training by MA Wildlife Dept. on identifying invasives; includes Boat Launch Education program to teach boaters about transferring invasives from infected waters and boat safety. Maintain an informational kiosk at boat launch including instructions on boat washing,

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 85.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 58.22; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.