Friends of Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223565413
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Oceanville, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6096521665
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,272
- Expenses
- $79,635
- Assets
- $77,504
- Liabilities
- $1,190
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mike DiGiore (Acting President)
- Chuck Wood (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Mike DiGiore (Acting President)
- Chuck Wood (Vice President)
- Michele Danley (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide quality habitat for priority species of concern, such as the piping plover, red knot and saltmarsh sparrow. To provide and promote wildlife-dependent recreation for all to enjoy To engage with our community to enhance their engagement with Nature and to provide a safe and educating experience for visitors.
What it reported doing in 2024
Jitney - Educational tours of Wildlife refuge
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 10
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.4%; rating input score 12
- Program expense ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 7
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: -72.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.4% of revenue deployed · 7.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.