James P Harrington Organization Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830617495
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone
7814245976
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$812,713
Expenses
$744,983
Assets
$1,237,718
Liabilities
$794,792

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Diana HarringtonScolponeti (Executive Director)
  • Thomas Welch (President Treasurer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Diana HarringtonScolponeti (Executive Director): $94,800 total reported compensation
  • Katie James Sheerin (Director of Events and Programs): $86,105 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The James P Harrington Organization is a nurturing and inclusive community of wellness, healing, and transformation.

What it reported doing in 2025

The James P Harrington Organization is a nurturing and inclusive community of wellness, healing, and transformation. JPH aims to serve the community as a hub of information and resources for individuals and families who experience what we call life interrupters, such as mental illness, trauma or substance use disorder. Through support groups, programs and workshops and outreach services, our goal is to bridge the gap that exists after traditional services are exhausted so people can achieve success and continued healing and recovery. An important component of our approach is incorporating the beauty and healing potential of our 9 acre property, a long-standing community respite. We take our stewardship of Ferry Hill, and the vibrancy of its ecosystem very seriously. Accordingly, our priorities are always two-fold: maintaining community access to and improving our property; and creating/maintaining our unique hands-on program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $567K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.