Massachusetts Citizens for Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237185782
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Walpole, MA, USA
Phone
6172424199
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,915
Expenses
$113,990
Assets
$138,936
Liabilities
$25,641

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MYRNA MALONEY FLYNN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MYRNA MALONEY FLYNN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR): $120,000 total reported compensation
  • MARIA ARIAS (DIRECTOR): $36,526 total reported compensation
  • HELEN CROSS (SECRETARY/DIRECTOR): $21,405 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To foster respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings, born and unborn.

What it reported doing in 2024

In recognition of the fact that each human life is a continuum from conception to natural death, the objective of mcfl inc. Is to foster respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings born and unborn through educational and other forms of activities.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 90%; rating input score 90; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -308.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 156.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 30 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 30 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.