Mass Central Rail Trail Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043513801
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Sudbury, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5085611473
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,010
- Expenses
- $84,083
- Assets
- $27,654
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Glenn Pransky (President)
People named in this filing
- Glenn Pransky (President)
- Jill Kopka (Treasurer)
- Stephen M Donnelly (Clerk)
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 identify, promote and assist in the development of public trails, bicycle routes, walks, greenways and rights of way for low environmental impact transportation, recreation communting and other travel. To educate the public regarding the above.
What it reported doing in 2024
In September 2024 MCRTA organized and hosted a three-day ride across the state on the MTCRTcorridor, including key leaders of organizations involved in building the trail & encouraging itsuse & stopping at many of the 26 communities. Met with reps of local org.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 41.9%; rating input score 42
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: 19.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 109.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 119.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 41.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.