Friend of Pleasant Bay Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042883631
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Harwich, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5089452200
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $97,953
- Expenses
- $99,562
- Assets
- $170,510
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Allison Coleman (President)
- Nicholas Athanassiou (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Allison Coleman (President)
- Meaghan Fox (Treasurer)
- Katy Sherer (Clerk)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To preserve and advocate for the extraordinary environmental, cultural and recreational significance of Pleasant Bay and its watershed through public education, research and land protection.
What it reported doing in 2024
To preserve and enhance the natural, visual and historic resources of Pleasant Bay. The friends encourage innovative educational projects centered on the Bay. The friends also provide regular support for advanced technical studies of the bay.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.