Campaign for Saratoga 250 Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883918696
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Phone
7033380152
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$531,973
Expenses
$403,091
Assets
$213,876
Liabilities
$2,691

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT FARLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT WILCOX (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CORINNE SCIROCCO (DIRECTOR)
  • JARED RIFENBARY (DIRECTOR)
  • VINCENT ASARO (DIRECTOR)

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 commemorate the 250th anniversary of the battles of saratoga and educate, promote, and preserve ongoing awareness and visitation to saratoga's revolutionary assets reinforcing its world changing impact.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education/promotion/awareness: we developed website and social media channels, plus content, to reach new audiences and others interested in history with facts about this history and to promote events and other ways to learn more.produced video content highlighting living historians connecting with the public and educating them of the 18th century era lives and impacts in the saratoga area. Supported marketing collateral for display at public community outreach events and in locations commonly visited by local and out of area travelers to raise awareness of saratoga's revolutionary heritage

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.2%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $352K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.