Friends of West Windsor Open Space Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223419086
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
West Windsor, NJ, USA
Phone
6096384675
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,405
Expenses
$4,374
Assets
$81,540
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alison Miller (President / Asst. Treasurer and Trustee)
  • Michael Schuit (Acting President and Trustee)
  • Theresa Liu (1st Vice President)
  • Robert Murray (2nd Vice President and Trustee)

People named in this filing

  • Alison Miller (President / Asst. Treasurer and Trustee)
  • Michael Schuit (Acting President and Trustee)
  • Theresa Liu (1st Vice President)

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

Preservation and support of open space in West Windsor Twp, NJ.

What it reported doing in 2025

Open space community grants and other activities in support of West Windsor open space including Nash Memorial, Shade Tree Commission Arbor Day Event, WW Community Day Seedlings

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 45.7%; rating input score 46

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -81.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.64; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 45.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.