Feronia Forward Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462794914
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Pittsfield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 9172256394
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,169
- Expenses
- $60,400
- Assets
- $47,217
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- GIOVANNA CUGNASCA (PRES/DIRECTO)
- SHERI L QUINN (TREAS/DIRECT)
- PAOLO CUGNASCA (EXEC DIRECTO)
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 corporation was organized for charitable and educational purposes, particularly to educate young people to connect with the forests and ecosystems and to fund other causes in conservation and education.
What it reported doing in 2025
Educate children and young adults the importance of nature and the value of conservation. The organization is committed to an innovative approach to the stem subjects in an outdoor setting and make grants to schools to provide students with an opportunity to learn in this manner.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as 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 and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.