Friends of Taconic State Park
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300548955
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Copake Falls, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5189662730
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,045
- Expenses
- $17,681
- Assets
- $423,726
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS FERGUSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- THOMAS FERGUSON (PRESIDENT)
- EDGAR MASTERS (VICE PRESIDE)
- DEBORAH COHEN (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
The mission of the friends of taconic state park is to enhance and strengthen our community by supporting the activities of the taconic state park in copake falls, ny with and emphasis on the preservation of the hisotric copake iron works. The friends seek to be a voice for the park by acting as a liaison with governmental bodies, institutions, schools, businesses, regional groups, and other organizations of common concern.
What it reported doing in 2025
Restoration expenses/projects and promotion of recreational, historical, educational, and cultural activities within the taconic state park.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% 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 comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.2%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
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: 66.7%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.97; rating input score 96; 96th 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: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.2% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.