Friends of the Town House School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475246735
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lyman, ME, USA
Phone
5086414109
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,528
Expenses
$706
Assets
$164,042

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDRA SEVERANCE (PRESIDENT)
  • LUVERNE PREBLE TINKHAM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SANDRA SEVERANCE (PRESIDENT)
  • LUVERNE PREBLE TINKHAM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA BARWISE (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

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What it reported doing in 2025

The mission of the friends of the town house school is to preserve the local history so that future generations can benefit from the knowledge of the past. To serve as a primary historical resource and to promote educational acti

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 72.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 232.35; rating input score 99; 99th 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: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 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 — 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.