Ecumenical Council of Saranac Lake Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271883973
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Saranac Lake, NY, USA
Phone
5188915005
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,918
Expenses
$229,300
Assets
$300,674
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Loeber (President)
  • George Outcalt (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kelly Morgan-Duprey (Director)
  • Jim Edmonds (Director)
  • Richard Loeber (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

The Ecumenical Council of Saranac Lake is an organization of participating churches that work together to accomplish community objectives that would be difficult or impossible for each individual church on its own. By working together, we foster unity in the church community, demonstrate the oneness of Jesus Christ, pursue peace and justice through community service and provide opportunity for inter-denominational dialogue.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Emergency Assistance Fund helps on average 50 to 60 families and individuals per year to cover heating bills, rent, phone bills, electric bills and others.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -76.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 67; 67th 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: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $226K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.