Friends of the Frost Place Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264497702
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Franconia, NH, USA
Phone
6038235510
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,749
Expenses
$121,251
Assets
$32,503
Liabilities
$15,127

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Don Metz (President)

People named in this filing

  • Don Metz (President)
  • Cleopatra Mathis (Trustee)
  • Frannie Moyer (Trustee)

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 honor the legacy of Robert Frost through the stewardship of his former homestead and to encourage the creation, education, and appreciation of poetry.

What it reported doing in 2024

Poet-in-Residence - Awarding an American poet the opportunity to live and write in the house where Robert Frost was inspired to write some his most enduring work. During their stay, these poets offer area residents and visitors the opportunity to meet and attend free community readings. Persons benefited: 570

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 92.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.