New England Development Research Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042971962
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Waltham, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7818941457
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $185,361
- Expenses
- $178,881
- Assets
- $272,688
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- LAUREN CASAS (DIRECTOR (THRU 3/31/25))
- SAMIR CHAPRA (DIRECTOR)
- APRIL GENUNG (DIRECTOR)
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 empower individuals and organizations involved in development research, analytics, prospect management, and intersecting fields through professional development, education, networking, and advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2025
Virtual and inperson programs include: research basics bootcamp: a full day of instruction in the essentialsof prospect research. This training is a must for those new to research or those who have had research added to their roles. Vino (very informal networking opportunity) events: offer prospectdevelopment professionals a chance to meet and socialize. Think tank: balancing proactive and reactive research: discussion on balancing proactive and reactive research, including the challenges and successes of moving from a reactive to proactive research shop. High finance for prospect researchers: private equity and hedge funds: 4week course for professionals with a minimum of 2 years in prospect research, designed to examine investment managers in the alternatives" subsector private equity "buyout and venture capital) and hedge fund businesses. Prospect development for interns, student workers and volunteers: a free webinar designed to provide a basic introduction to the field meant to spark interest, share some simple research techniques, and offer advice on how to begin a career in prospect development. Prospect development for beginners: a free session for those who have an interest in learning more about prospect development. Prospect development and people development: becoming an effective manager: a workshop focused on exploring how effective management intersects with the work of prospect development. Using excel for data analytics: pivotal tips for prospect development: a session demonstrating endtoend analytics concepts from data collection and cleaning to visualization and presentation. Physician compensation: a program on how to estimate compensation quickly and segment physician prospects. Fundraising in 2024: rethinking donor strategy in a changing world: a program for fundraising professionals focused on planning and addressing current challenges. Strategy, action, and senior leadership: partnering to make the most of your strategy meetings: a program on how to get the most out of every strategy session. 2017: a portfolio review odyssey: a program on how to create more dynamic and strategic portfolio reviews. To affinity and beyond: a session on how to leverage data to better understand and engage your donors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 55%; rating input score 55
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52% of revenue deployed · 55% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.