Friends of Read Wildlife Sanctuary Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133575549
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
RYE, NY, USA
Phone
9143573253
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,561
Expenses
$156,230
Assets
$319,063
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jana Seitz (President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Kaufman (Treasurer)
  • Jana Seitz (President)

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

Friends goal is to support education programs and park maintenance in the Westchester County Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary

What it reported doing in 2024

The Friends major effort for the 2024-2025 fiscal year was to support the upgrade of the park trails trimming cutting down and replacing trees and scrubs opening new trails and views of Long Island Sound pruning evasive plants and generally making the park more beautiful and safer

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.04; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -73.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.