Mecox Bay Conservancy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990659129
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Water Mill, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6318850067
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,547
- Expenses
- $253,890
- Assets
- $1,229,913
- Liabilities
- $15,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Broxmeyer (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jay Schneiderman (Executive Dir.): $140,000 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 Mecox Bay Conservancy (MBC) is a not-for-profit corporation that serves as a steward and watchdog organization for Mecox Bay. MBC works with marine biologists and other experts to further our understanding of the marine ecosystem of the bay and to develop and implement strategies to improve its water quality. Simply put, The Mecox Bay Conservancys goal is to restore the water quality of the bay to the highest levels of purity for both marine life and those who enjoy its waters for swimming, fishing and other recreational activities. Contaminant reduction strategies may include: Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs), Biofilters, storm drain retrofits, better control of farm runoff, increased flushing, aeration, nitrogen reducing sanitary systems and reduction of fertilizer and pesticide use on residential properties.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Mecox Bay Conservancy was incorporated for the following purposes: To restore the water quality of Mecox Bay in Water Mill, New York, To increase public awareness of the water quality issues affecting Mecox Bay and its tributaries, To develop and raise funds for remediation projects relating to Mecox Bay and its watershed, To protect and preserve Mecox Bay and the surrounding environment for future generations, To become a model for the remediation of other polluted bodies of water in Suffolk County.
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 - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -99.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.84; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 55.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 73.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -168.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.