Hog Island Improvement Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412056921
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
W Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8604635613
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,407
Expenses
$5,384
Assets
$68,577
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUE MURRAY (PRESIDENT)
  • PETER BORGES (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MIKE MAHER (SOCIAL)
  • SAM ROMANO (BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS)
  • JOHN MURRAY (BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS)

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

Hiia provides the volunteer manpower to plan and execute all social activities, including but not limited to: a "welcome back" get together, an annual 4th of july parade, a chowder "cook-off", a chicken wing "cook-off", an annual field day & dance, and an annual labor day get-together, including a steak fry and a dance. In most cases, these social events are the only opportunity for all of the members of the community to get together. These social events also take the form of fundraisers with any revenues in excess of expenses going into the general fund. Field day is generally the biggest event of the season and brings together most islanders and many visitors. This is a family outing with races and competitions held throughout the day for kids and adults alike. These events take the most planning and they require the help of many volunteers to run the events, purchase, prepare and cook the food, sell tickets, and later clean up.

What it reported doing in 2025

Appearances before the town of portsmouth town council on issues relating to zoning, taxation, access to the only dock large enough to accept the ferry, fire fighting, ert, winter security, etc. These meeting are usually held during week day evenings. Most members of hiia who are not retired usually visit the island friday through sunday during the season. Membership is from all new england states and New York and a few come from the mid-west. The hiia has built a meeting hall on the north end of the island, during the 1990's, on a lot leased from the hog island water association (hiwa). The hall was built using volunteer labor with hiia paying for the materials. The shed is utilized for most of the meeting functions and social functions where a gathering of people is called for. Hiia is responsible for the continued maintenance, repairs, insurance and taxes associated with the shed. The shed sits next to the recreation area, which is owned by hog island, inc. Hiia supplies swing sets, a playground, and other equipment for the recreation area, including ground maintenance, rubbish removal and insurance. This recreation area, owned by hiia, serves as the focal point of the north end for children to congregate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 56.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.74; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.