Northeastern Weed Science Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 116078621
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Centre Hall, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4024407191
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $98,271
- Expenses
- $50,553
- Assets
- $282,927
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erin Hitchner (Past President)
- Thierry Besancon (President)
- Kate Venner (President Elect)
- Kurt Vollmer (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Erin Hitchner (Past President)
- Thierry Besancon (President)
- Shawn Beam (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Education of Weed Science (Agricultural and Environmental) professionals
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual conference. Presentation of research, extension, and industry publications. Students competed in oral, written, and poster sessions. Benefiting approximately 125 people.
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 96% 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: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.4%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.6%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.6; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.4% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.