Educational Bureau

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010227440
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Ocean Park, ME, USA
Phone
2078995139
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,460
Expenses
$149,731
Assets
$1,497,554
Liabilities
$149,731

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Beth Keene (President)
  • Dana Howe (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Beth Keene (President)
  • Sandra L Kurkjy (Treasurer)
  • Dana Howe (Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Educational Bureau of Ocean Park is to promote and encourage the mental physical and spiritual culture of the Ocean Park community through works of a non-profit nature. The Bureau sponsors Bible School Theater Dance Camp Ecology Camp Art Camp and Beach Olympics.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ecology Camp is run for three days for children 6+. They explore the beach woods and the marsh. Their time at the beach will include how the beach was formed searching for various forms of ocean life such as crabs or snails and learning about different types of seaweed. A walk to the marsh will lead to sections of wetlands where different organisms live. In the woods the children will learn about the trees which fruits can be eaten how to read wildlife tracks and also build shelters from sticks and leaves.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.3%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 5
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -53.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.3% of revenue deployed · 4.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 228 of 228 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 43 current checks pass · 7 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Advertising column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX AllOtherExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OfficeExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherEmployeeBenefits column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherSalariesAndWages column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX PayrollTaxes column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.