New England Unit Inc of Herb Society of America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510172588
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6176102639
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,774
- Expenses
- $4,090
- Assets
- $32,344
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- STEPHEN SUGERMAN (TREASURER)
- NORMA WEINBERG (EDUCATON CHAIR DIRECTOR)
- IRIS WEAVER (NEWSLETTER 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
To promote knowledge, use and delight of herbs through educational programs, research and sharing the experience of its members with the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
History of herbs november halloween/thanksgiving
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 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11.9%; rating input score 12
- Program expense ratio: 11%; rating input score 11
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.91; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -28.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 11.9% of revenue deployed · 11% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $450 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.