Jacob Roger Poulin Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814133440
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ellington, CT, USA
Phone
8602090817
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,842
Expenses
$11,172
Assets
$169,487
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Steve Poulin (President)
  • Sarah Poulin (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Steve Poulin (President)
  • Sarah Poulin (Vice President)
  • Gary Pescosolido (Treasurer)

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

This corporation, in partnership with public or governmental agencies, or other nonprofit organizations, shall memorialize the life of Jacob Roger Poulin and his hard fought battle with childhood brain cancer, with a mission to build a park in the Town of Ellington, Connecticut. A new park will provide health, safety, recreational, educational, and athletic benefits for the children and families in Ellington as well as the surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation is still raising funds to complete Jacob's Park in Ellington. The foundation has worked with the town and will be entering an agreement to beginning formal location vetting and design work for the park. The Foundation has constructed and donated a Sport Court / Deck Hockey Rink to the Town of Ellington in 2023. The total cost of which was $137,214.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.7%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.17; rating input score 94; 94th 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: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.