Friends of Watch Hill at Fire Island Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 134271778
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location: Oakdale, NY, USA
Phone: 5169461655
Rating: 89
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue: $47,124
Expenses: $47,981
Assets: $30,094

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JULIAN TAVALARO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

JULIAN TAVALARO (PRESIDENT)
KIMBERLEY COSTA (TREASURER)
CAROLYN HANSEN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enhance the visitor enjoyment of the National Park by providing additional services such as playground facilities, mosquito magnets, wash down facilities, dog comfort stations, benches, chairs etc that would otherwise not be provided by the Park

What it reported doing in 2024

Thru an agreement with the National Park Service at Fire Island NY by providing amenities such as playground facilities, pet park, deck washdowns, lawn sportssuch as cornhole and horseshoe equipment, and supplies for the numerous mosquito magnets

Operating model

Revenue model: Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 36
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 35; 35th 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: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.