Old First Preservation and Community Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883740171
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7186388300
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,685
Expenses
$15,813
Assets
$9,781

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wayne Adams (President)

People named in this filing

  • Wayne Adams (President)
  • Steve Lappert (VP & Secretary)
  • Jenn Miller Cribbs (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

The Old First Preservation and Community Foundation Inc. provides management, maintenance, restoration and preservation of the Old First Church building located at 729 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY.

What it reported doing in 2024

Old First Church, constructed between 1889-1891, is a historically and architecturally significant structure which has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places. It is frequently made available for public viewing and is a focal point of the local community, providing space for a variety of community and arts based organizations. In addition, the Foundation supports local not-for-profit community organizations, among which are performing arts and educational organizations, and assists the Church's nonsectarian activities in support of the community, including the Church's work to provide shelter for the homeless and food relief. The Foundations activities are not religious.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 34; 34th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 115.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.