Merrymeeting Lake Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020413287
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- New Durham, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6038592076
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,534
- Expenses
- $28,576
- Assets
- $187,181
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURIE SMITH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAURIE SMITH (PRESIDENT)
- JEN SEUSING (VICE PRESIDE)
- LISA KESLAR (SECRETARY)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help preserve the merrymeeting lake watershed and water quality, to stimulate participation in the new durham community and to encourage an active and fun community amoung lake residents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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 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: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.6%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.55; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.6% of revenue deployed · 72.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2023
- 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 43/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.