Hampden County Improvement League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046065526
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Westfield, MA, USA
Phone
4135190466
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,656
Expenses
$9,903
Assets
$1,074,909
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAUREEN FRENIERE (PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
  • SHEILA PHELON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WESTON BROWN (DIRECTOR)
  • TOM CALABRESE (DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID CECCHI (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The hcils exempt purpose is to cooperate in hampden county with the government services promoting agricultural and county life. The hcil wants to foster, encourage and promote all things to advance the general welfare of the communities of the county.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide scholarships to qualified persons promoting agricultural and county life. The hcils promotes agricultural and county life in hampden county. Fosters, encourages, and promotes all things to advance the welfare of the communities of the county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 54
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.1%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 82.4%; rating input score 82; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75.6%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 108.54; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 17 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.