Friends of Seacoast Shores Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934059948
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
East Falmouth, MA, USA
Phone
5082215574
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,405
Expenses
$30,377
Assets
$20,932
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDWARD C MORITZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD KELLEHER (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRIS GALLAGHER (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBERT KOWALEWSKI (DIRECTOR)

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

Friends of seacoast shores, inc. Is dedicated to promoting the common good and general welfare of the community in a section of falmouth, Massachusetts known as seacoast shores, or in similarly situated communities, by educating, fostering and promoting fairness, and enforcing legal access to common areas and easements. Also, to enhance the seacoast shores community as a whole by lessening divisions based on misinformation, social status, economic status, and property location within the community, and to perform any other acts to further neighborhood harmony, equality, and fairness regardless of socioeconomic status.

What it reported doing in 2025

Three community events were held to foster connection and support among families: a neighborhood cookout in july, a halloween celebration for neighborhood children, and a santa claus holiday event, the neighborhood children got their photos taken with santa claus. Also, christmas presents were purchased and delivered to neighborhood children. These programs promoted community cohesion, ensured that children in the neighborhood felt welcomed and included, and reinforced the organization's commitment to fairness, shared history, and mutual support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 93.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -56.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.