New Sector Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043570463
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6176349009
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,247,239
Expenses
$694,234
Assets
$2,013,003
Liabilities
$49,428

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carlin Janson Webster (FOUNDER/CEO & SECRETARY)
  • AJ Shanley (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • Carlin Janson Webster (FOUNDER/CEO & SECRETARY): $150,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to build a better future by strengthening organizations and developing leaders.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fellowship programs: new sector alliance designs and delivers leadership development programs, coaching, consulting, and community-building experiences that empower mission-driven leaders to create lasting change. Designing your success helps organizations foster a growth mindset, strengthen career resilience, and support professional development. Leadership longevity fellowship integrates leadership development and well-being to equip leaders with the skills, mindsets, and connections needed to sustain their impact. New sector alliance also offers executive coaching, organizational consulting, facilitator certification, and innovation incubator programs to help leaders, organizations, and funders build a better future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.2%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39,702.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.9; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.2% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $618K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.