New England Tennis and Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832771979
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Westborough, MA, USA
Phone
5083665805
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Racquet Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,792
Expenses
$29,088
Assets
$96,464
Liabilities
$19,750

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY MCKERNAN (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFF NOVINS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CARLA COATES (TREASURER)
  • DAVID LEVINE (DELEGATE-AT-LARGE)
  • MARY MCKERNAN (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

New england tennis and education foundation inc's mission is to create life changing opportunities through access to tennis, education and wellness for the community. We live this mission by supporting our community in many ways and in partnership with the united states tennis association of new england. Five core values guide all of our efforts: community, equity and inclusion, wellness, growth, and integrity. Our vision is to support our new england tennis community and create an inclusive environment where tennis is open to all.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tennis programs & education initiatives: our primary focus is distributing grants to support tennis programming that aligns with our mission, emphasizing service over direct delivery. This year, we have funded over four organizations, positively impacting 1,000 individuals by enhancing access to quality tennis programming and fostering community engagement through the sport. Our grants support nonprofits that align with our mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -941.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.