Hershey Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251752559
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Hershey, PA, USA
Phone
7175343121
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,053
Expenses
$39,601
Assets
$18,609
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANN MESSNER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KARA NESTICO (DIRECTOR)
  • JIM GAINER (DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN NYE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote business development

What it reported doing in 2024

Conducted meetings and seminars and provided promotional literature designed to promote a healthy business enviroment in the hershey, pa area

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.2%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 53.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.2% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.