Hilltown Vision Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842745552
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Cummington, MA, USA
Phone
4133200747
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rural Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,872
Expenses
$37,575
Assets
$105,300
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kathryn Eiseman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Kathryn Eiseman (President)
  • Joshua Wachtel (Treasurer)
  • Eli Martin Schotz (Secretary/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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Support sustainable rural economy and culture

What it reported doing in 2024

Nature & Environment: Grant application assistance to Cummington Tree Alliance for work with tree wardens, tree planting and public education; participated in planning for and organizing Cummington RiverFest activities involving hundreds of participants

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.7%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 63.1%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -50.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 70.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.7% of revenue deployed · 64.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.