Orange County Maple Producers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030347129
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Randolph Center, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8027285332
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,560
- Expenses
- $13,212
- Assets
- $126,717
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL LAMBERT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAUL LAMBERT (PRESIDENT)
- KEITH FIFIELD (VICE PRESIDE)
- JESSICA EATON (SECRETARY)
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
The purpose of the corporation shall be to to encourage and support sugar making and sugar makers in the continuance of there craft; to educate and inform the public about the art of sugar making and the benefits to individuals and local communities; to provide a conduit for shared information among current sugar makers and the interested public; and for all other purposes in which an organization may engage as an organization qualifying as an organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code and the applicable statutes of the state of Vermont.
What it reported doing in 2025
In keeping with our non- profit status, we had booths at the tunbridge worlds fair, the Vermont sheep and wool festival and the blue grass festivals. At these function's we had maple demonstrations, explained how we make maple syrup and other products and uses for maple syrup. In addition to educating the public the many uses of maple syrup, the moneys raised at these activities has been spent this year to educate people. We have given out scholarships to help support students going to college that we feel can better or support the maple industry, given money to other organization for the use of there halls or church for our county meetings and other meetings . We have also given money to cover gas expenses to the executive director of Vermont maple sugar maker association for her role in going around the state to educate people about maple. In addition we give money to former vt dept. Of agriculture maple specialist to cover his gas expenses to judge maple syrup at fair event and the maple grading school he teaches. We also donate to funds to the claramartin center in bradford/randolph vt for support of a mental health fund. In addition we have given donations of maple syrup a uvm maple specialist from the state of Vermont to be sent to brazil and finally we made a donation of maple cotton candy to the bradford elementary school that attended the tunbridge worlds fair.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.1%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 59.4%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.59; rating input score 91; 91st 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: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.