Eno River Fellowship Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581854360
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
9194892575
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,439
Expenses
$32,608
Assets
$1,363,206
Liabilities
$62,161

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHRYN SATERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK HENAULT (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHRYN SATERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SUNNY LADD (SECRETARY)
  • FRANCES MCSHERRY (TREASURER)

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 support eno river unitarian universalist fellowship.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support a house band to accompany congregational signing and enhance the overall worship experience by enhancing efforts to be more radically welcoming and to offer culturally inclusive misical styles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.3%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 26.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 41.81; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.3% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 45/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.