Making Matters NH

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830755210
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Boscawen, NH, USA
Phone
6037311381
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,160
Expenses
$139,162
Assets
$69,339
Liabilities
$5,938

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ben Braggins (President)
  • Andrew Heath (Vice President)
  • John Cassel (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Ben Braggins (President)
  • Andrew Heath (Vice President)
  • John Cassel (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop a safe, fun, and collaborative environment supporting makers of all ages and skill sets coming together to teach, learn, create, explore and prosper.

What it reported doing in 2024

We have continued to offer low cost classes to our members and the community including our first ever training on our CNC router with trial membership. This allowed people with product ideas to use this powerful production tool without needing to pay for a long term commitment. We also launched our individual shop spaces to support small scale businesses in a low cost environment with quick access to large machinery. We launched our first virtual class on 3D design software, allowing us to serve people well beyond our immediate geographic area. Another first was a bandsaw box class we held three times, which went beyond project-based learning to teach woodworking foundational skills. At the end of our last fiscal year, we had taken over a local free art trail that was in danger of being discontinued and played the role of primary organizer and were able to offer free pop up studio space to artists who wanted to participate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.