Ironwood Community Partners Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471277495
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Bloomfield, CT, USA
Phone
8602431749
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,324
Expenses
$2,578
Assets
$15,182
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dale Bertoldi (Executive Director)
  • Robin Sherwood (President)
  • Ron Marchetti (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dale Bertoldi (Executive Director)
  • Robin Sherwood (President)
  • Ron Marchetti (Vice President)

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

Ironwood's primary purpose is Community Development through preserving cultural heritage for the enrichment of communities. Projects are evaluated by the social, economic and environmental benefits.

What it reported doing in 2025

LaSalette Park: Coordinating with Town of Bloomfield, ICP provided project development, funding, construction documents, bidding and construction supervision for a project in the Town owned LaSalette Park in Barn B in 2023. The Blmfld Art Commission and ICP jointly coordinated the Michael Borders CT. Mural Project in Barn B. 260 visitors attended the mural display. In the fall, ICP hosted the Bloomfield School History of People, Places and Events program. ICP provided funding for bus transportation. 90 students were involved in the program. Funding for both projects came from the Greater Hartford of Bloomfield and the Town of Blmfld Education Department. ICP board members contributed volunteer hours to Town of Bloomfield invasive plant removal and mowing. ICP Board members coordinated a nonprofit volunteer days with 20 people total.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 44% for direct work, and 56% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.4%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.89; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -40.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.4% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.