National Puzzlers' League C/o Katherine Hamill
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222186878
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Arlington, MA, USA
- Phone
- 8578913615
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $111,265
- Expenses
- $103,033
- Assets
- $49,297
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alison Muratore (President)
- Benjamin Smith (First Vice President)
- William Zambole (Second Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Alison Muratore (President)
- Benjamin Smith (First Vice President)
- William Zambole (Second Vice President)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purposes of the League are exclusively literary and educational, within the meaning of Secton 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. These objectives will be accomplished by bringing together any who are interested in composing and solving word puzzles. The monthly publicaton "The Enigma", shall be the official organ of the League
What it reported doing in 2025
The League holds an annual convention in various cities throughout the US and Canada. the convention hosts various kinds of puzzle competitions including teams. It is attended by 200-300 members
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.