Higher Ground Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453644526
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Williamstown, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4133446564
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,175
- Expenses
- $125,481
- Assets
- $57,781
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Susan Puddester (President)
- Thomas Sheldon (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Susan Puddester (President)
- Thomas Sheldon (Vice President)
- Patrick Quinn (Clerk)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve the survivors of Tropical Storm Irene and is working to keep our community involved in the recovery process.
What it reported doing in 2016
Provided services and funds to meet the immediate and long-term physical, emotional and spirtual needs of Tropical Storm Irene suvivors
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -630.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th 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: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2016
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.