Bristol County Beekeepers Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 475527250
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location: North Dighton, MA, USA
Phone: 5086755784
Rating: 63
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Protection of Endangered Species

Reported finances

Revenue: $12,387
Expenses: $9,827
Assets: $27,040
Liabilities: $3,187

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Michael Delaney (President)
Sara Roy (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Michael Delaney (President)
Sara Roy (Vice President)
Leslie Knowles (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

Bristol County Beekeepers Association's primary exempt purpose is to promote beekeeping and increase public awareness of bees and beekeeping.

What it reported doing in 2024

Beekeeping school that teaches participants about beekeeping. This school is open to the public. There were 85 participants in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 47
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 65
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 44.4%; rating input score 44
Program expense ratio: 52.2%; rating input score 52

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 44.4% of revenue deployed · 52.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.