Jefferson County Civic Facility Development Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452491721
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Watertown, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3157825865
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Government and Public Administration
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,750
- Expenses
- $1,000
- Assets
- $40,726
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAVID J CONVERSE (TRUSTEE)
- W EDWARD WALDROFF (SECRETARY)
- PAUL WARNECK (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
The corporation was established pursuant to the ldc act with purposes and powers set forth within the certificate, and the corporation's mission includes undertaking projects and programmatic initiatives in furtherance of and to promote and provide initiatives to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of jefferson county.
What it reported doing in 2025
Undertaking projects and initiatives in furtherance of and to promote and provide initiatives to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of jefferson county.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
- 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: 90.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 40.73; rating input score 98; 98th 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: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.