Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010543743
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
West Boothbay Harbor, ME, USA
Phone
2076339600
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Interdisciplinary Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$71
Assets
$25,492

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To benefit and support bigelow laboratory for ocean sciences.

What it reported doing in 2010

The Foundation's purpose is to support the activities and purposes of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and to receive, hold, or expend contributions on behalf of Bigelow; and to extend the reach and benefit of the research and educational programs at Bigelow.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 359.04; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.