Mountain View Lakes Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222453376
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Owls Head, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5184838277
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,371
- Expenses
- $74,415
- Assets
- $598,432
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN JUNGBLUTH (President)
People named in this filing
- JOHN JUNGBLUTH (President)
- BRUCE BURDITT (EXECUTIVE VP)
- TAD WINTERBOTTOM (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the organization is to promote, preserve and improve the environment of mountain view lake, indian lake and the channel connecting the two bodies of water, and to foster public awareness with respect to those lakes.
What it reported doing in 2025
The mountain view lake's foundation continued its membership in and information sharing with the New York state federation of lake associations (nysfola) and the adirondack lake alliance.the organization worked closely with the town of belmont board regarding lake preservation and safety.the organization collaborated with the adirondack watershed institute of paul smith's college and the adirondack lake assessment program to monitor water quality and acquatic vegetation.the organization also employed the services of aqualogic professional divers to remove the invasvie plant eurasian watermilfoil from the lakes. Member volunteers of the organization also removed invasive weeds form mountain view lake and indian lake.the organization also employed the services of ready scout to apply the chemical procellacor to kill eurasian watermilfoil in mountain view lake.the organization employed the services of adirondack research to conduct pre- and post-surveys of invasive species as well of native species in indian and mountain view lakes. The organization continued its program of educating boaters and shoreline owners of proper shoreline management. In addition, the organization continued its programs of aquatic plant identification, invasive species spread prevention and nys boating safety regulations. This was accomplished by providing email communications to association members and public meetings.the organization donates to several organizations: bellmont food pantry, owls head mountain view community center, 4h camp overlook and the local fire department.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.04; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 63% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 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: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.