Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042742556
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wilmington, MA, USA
- Phone
- 9786940911
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Crime Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $465,403
- Expenses
- $482,705
- Assets
- $792,236
- Liabilities
- $36,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS BROWNE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CRAIG BAILEY (VICE PRESIDE)
- THOMAS BROWNE (PRESIDENT)
- MARK CHAMBERS (2ND VICE PRE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing mutual aid and assistance, cooperation and the comprehensive coordination of effort and service in the interest of public safety within and among the member communities as endorsed by the principal municipal executive of each municipality and the chiefs of police
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing mutual aid and assistance, cooperation and the comprehensive coordination of effort and service in the interest of public safety within and among the member communities as endorsed by the principal municipal executive of each municipality and the chiefs of police.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $376K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.