Friends of Port Clinton Parks Inc C/o David E Mehl

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202391698
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Port Clinton, OH, USA
Phone
4197342117
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,380
Expenses
$13,401
Assets
$40,479

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBBIE HYMORE-TESTER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEBBIE HYMORE-TESTER (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID MEHL (TREASURER)
  • KATHY MEHL (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

The corporation is organized in the broadest sense to restore, sponsor, promote, educate, stimulate, develop and further enhance the economic viability and business climate of the city of port clinton and its parks, park system and the area associated with it.

What it reported doing in 2025

To restore, sponsor, promote, educate, stimulate, develop and further enhance the economic viability and business climate of the city of port clinton and its parks, park system and the area associated with it. This is accomplished through various projects such as the garden project, lighthouse project, lakeview park project and miscellaneous friends of the parks projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 96% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97

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: 22.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.02; rating input score 75; 75th 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: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K 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: 11 filing years from 2012 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.