Freeport Speech

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873078591
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2023
Location
South Freeport, ME, USA
Phone
6175131265
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,483
Expenses
$86,871
Assets
$73,045

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas H Saliba (President, Treasurer)
  • Kathryn Biberstein (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas H Saliba (President, Treasurer)
  • Kathryn Biberstein (Vice President)
  • John Emory (Secretary)

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

Public information lecture series & support of local charity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Panel discussion with Tracy Kidder, Dr. Jim OConnell, Deb Desantis, andCullen Ryan, A Frank Conversation about Homelessness benefitting Tedford Housing, a local501(c)(3), 500+ attending and 500+ views afterwards.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87

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: 24.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 104.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.5% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.