Newtown Bridle Lands Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223018112
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Newtown, CT, USA
Phone
2037551324
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,491
Expenses
$12,336
Assets
$255,405

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tracy van Buskirk (President)
  • Andrea Brosnan (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tracy van Buskirk (President)
  • Andrea Brosnan (Vice President)
  • Renate C Marini (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

Preservation and access of trails and open space for horse riding trails and passive recreation use for the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Trail maintenance and clearing benefiting over 1,000 community. The NBLA has proudly cleared, marked and preserved trails and open space for the benefit of community passive recreation use for hikers, bikers, nature walks, dog walking as well as horse riders while also preserving natural habitats for wildlife and wetlands. In addition, the NBLA has contributed educational articles and events helping to educate the community on equine safety and issues. Hunter Pace Event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.8%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.7; rating input score 96; 96th 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: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.8% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 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 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.