Old North Illuminated Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043120688
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6175236676
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,909,793
- Expenses
- $1,708,908
- Assets
- $5,231,693
- Liabilities
- $474,680
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NIKKI STEWART (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NIKKI STEWART (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $176,591 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Old north illuminated inspires active citizenship and courageous, compassionate leadership by interpreting and preserving the old north church & historic site (located in boston's north end). Oni envisions a future in which everyone will see their stories, struggles, and hopes reflected in places of prominence and our shared american history. Programming focuses on three aims: on-site interpretation of the historic site, preservation of the historic site, and developing lesson plans and digital resources for classrooms and adult learners across the country.
What it reported doing in 2024
Interpretation and education: each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors experience old north church & historic site. Centering the church's history in contemporary relevance, our interpretation weaves together the seminal story of revere's midnight ride with themes of active citizenship and the church's paradoxical ties to 18th century enslavement. Additionally, oni supports educators across the country with curricula and enrichment materials that take a fresh look at the past and encourage students to identify themselves as active citizens who are gaining the wisdom, confidence and motivation to participate in their communities. In the 2023 - 2024 school year, the program expanded to reach 14,000+ students in 44 states. In 2024, oni began a major restoration project to recover and restore 20 cherub murals painted in the early 18th century.
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 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 10.5%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $177K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.