Overlook News Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931830001
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Saugerties, NY, USA
Phone
9176979506
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Media, Communications Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,140
Expenses
$199,941
Assets
$35,246
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT WIDMEYER (DIRECTOR)
  • JACQUELINE KELLACHAN (DIRECTOR)
  • WILLIAM VAN RODEN (DIRECTOR)

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 organization's mission is to: a) operate a reader-supported nonprofit newspaper, addressing issues pertinent to the communities of woodstock, shandaken, phoenicia, olive, west hurley, hunter, tannersville, saugerties, and surrounding communities (the "community"), embracing qualities that include clarity, integrity, and accuracy. B) to provide internet and print accessible news, information, and culture resources dedicated to the dissemination of local community news, events, and points of interest, as well as, weather, emergency, and general safety information for the community. C) the maintenance of an internet accessible digital archive of local historical materials, including photos, literature, audio, and other materials. D) to provide a forum for such other activities that help foster and promote the community, local literature, culture or traditions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Operate a reader-supported nonprofit newspaper, addressing issues pertinent to the communities of woodstock, shandaken, phoenicia, olive, west hurley, hunter, tannersville, saugerties, and surrounding communities (collectively, the "community"), embracing qualities that include clarity, integrity, and accuracy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 179.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 87.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -48.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $200K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.