Nature Printing Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273845641
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Nantucket, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6108129261
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,125
- Expenses
- $57,667
- Assets
- $80,742
- Liabilities
- $5
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Andrew Jensen (Vice President)
- Sue Fierston (President)
People named in this filing
- Barbara Shay (Treasurer)
- Jessie Swimeley (Administrator)
- Carole Lynn McKinney (Editor)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The nature printing society is an international non-profit arts organization devoted to the history and practice of the art of nature printing, and to those who support our philosophy of respect for nature through the art of the print.
What it reported doing in 2024
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3), creating articles, demonstrations, classes, and exhibitions relating to all forms of nature printing, and we promote friendship, cooperation, and the free exchange of ideas between artists. We share our printmaking techniques online, with publications and with annual in-person conferences.Our original guidelines for prints were based on those of Gyotaku-Kai (Friends of the Fish Print), a Japanese organization of artists and ichthyologists under the leadership of Yoshio Hiyama, an ichthyologist from the University of Tokyo. In 1956, the American Museum of Natural History (with the assistance of Janet Canning) brought the first show of gyotaku to the U.S., exhibiting work from Gyotaku-kai.We publish a quarterly online newsletter that includes the newest printing techniques from our members.We offer an online video library, as well as live quarterly meetings where we show our work.We invite you to join us at one of our yearly workshops, where we learn from one another and practice the latest techniques in nature printing.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 33%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.