Highland Green Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274830140
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Stamford, CT, USA
Phone
2034910276
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,658
Expenses
$9,133
Assets
$21,938
Liabilities
$1,297,954

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KWAK GYASI-TWUM (PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL SWAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KWAK GYASI-TWUM (PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL SWAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JANE LOVE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support community outreach programs focused education, music and the arts, and architectural preservation of the campus of the first presbyterian church in downtown stamford, ct which in 2021 was declared a national historic landmark.

What it reported doing in 2025

Funds raised by highland green foundation will pay for restoration and preservation of the national historic landmark campus of the first presbyterian church of stamford. Construction of phase 1 began in 2021. This included the following: field test conservation and repair work following recommendations in the 2017 fpc conservation management plan; and pilot appropriate and successful solutions on the narthex wall that will be used on the south & and north wall of the sanctuary.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -450.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 59.16; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 43.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.