New Bedford Historical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043348881
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New Bedford, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5089798828
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,093
- Expenses
- $94,606
- Assets
- $298,023
- Liabilities
- $2,976
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEE BLAKE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LEE BLAKE (PRESIDENT)
- CARL CRUZ (CLERK)
- RAYANA GRACE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To document and celebrate the history, legacy and presence of african americans, cape verdeans, native americans, west indians and other people of color in new bedford, Massachusetts.
What it reported doing in 2025
Presented information of historical significance to local public schools and presented other educational programs for the benefit of the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.