Permaculture Association of the Northeast Us Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262259854
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Amherst, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6478794130
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,946
- Expenses
- $32,333
- Assets
- $16,716
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Seth Mansur (Clerk)
- Jack Stambaugh (Facilitating Director)
- Viktoriya Stetsenko (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission is to increase the resilience of the Northeast region by strengthening the regional permaculture network and increasing access to relevant education and resources. Our work is informed and guided by the following Values: Permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and fair share Transparency Humility Being of service to the greater regional permaculture community Reflecting the needs/issues/opportunities of the network Supporting decentralization, local autonomy and self-organizing across the network Encouraging symbiosis, cooperation and collaboration Valuing ecological patterns of organization Commitment to social justice and liberation
What it reported doing in 2025
Fiscal sponsorship funds to MycoEvolve
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.6%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: -138.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -116.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.6% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.