Friends of Distant Hill

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843765898
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Walpole, NH, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,050
Expenses
$53,289
Assets
$68,553

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Julie Pearson (Chair)
  • Peter Dunnigan (Vice-Chair)
  • Michael Nerrie (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

In support of its charitable and educational goals Friends of Distant Hill aims to assist Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail in furthering its mission of promoting environmental and horticultural education. This includes inspiring both children and adults regardless of ability to connect with nature through education observation and play. Friends of Distant Hill helps develop promote and fundraise for Distant Hills mission-aligned services facilities and programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: In the spring of 2025 we used a 5,000 grant from the Bailey Charitable Foundation to install eight motion-sensor wildlife cameras to capture video of the wildlife that use the property. The cameras were installed and monitored by Jaime McGuigan from the 501c3 nonprofit Access Conservation. Jaime led two Wildlife Camera Workshops in the fall of 2025 to showcase her work with 48 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.5%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 47.6%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 54; 54th 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: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.5% of revenue deployed · 47.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.