Deja New Leicester

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852381079
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Leicester, MA, USA
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,654
Expenses
$96,306
Assets
$80,845
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cheryl Cooney (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cheryl Cooney (President)
  • Karen Durant (Board Member)
  • Deborah Antanavica (Secretary Clerk)

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

Deja News mission is to support the most vulnerable residents of Leicester.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided Leicester residents with free rides to non-emergency medical appointments within Worcester County due to a lack of public transportation options. Bethel Medical Transportation is the service provider.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.6%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 58.1%; rating input score 58

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.2%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.6% of revenue deployed · 58.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.