Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042789926
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6172473961
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood, Block Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $194,579
- Expenses
- $181,611
- Assets
- $1,529,433
- Liabilities
- $1,730
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
36 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN BAKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SERGE SAVARD (CHAIR)
- SUSAN BAKER (PRESIDENT)
- CONRAD ARMSTRONG (VICE CHAIR)
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
To combat community deterioration in the back bay neighborhood of boston, to preserve and protect the architectural beauty of the back bay, and to further the residential character of the back bay.
What it reported doing in 2025
Member communications and meetings - nabb educates its members and the public through meetings, emails, website and social media posts, and monthly bulletins of activities in the neighborhood that may affect the architectural beauty of the back bay and/or its residential character. These activities include new construction, renovation and building repair projects, as well as new restaurants and other businesses in the neighborhood. Nabb has regular meetings of its architecture, development & transportation, and licensing & building use committees where proponents are invited to make presentations and receive feedback from the community regarding their plans. Nabb also participates in hearings before the back bay architectural commission, the boston licensing board, the zoning board of appeal and other local public bodies where it provides community input regarding such activities. Nabb also holds neighborhood forums and an annual meeting of its members where individuals are invited to make presentations to educate neighborhood residents about matters of public importance.
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 84% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 5
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.2%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 4
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.42; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.2% of revenue deployed · 3.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 36 of 36 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 36 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.