Pleasant Lake Protective Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237037867
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New London, NH, USA
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,355
- Expenses
- $56,513
- Assets
- $355,316
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Doug Baxter (Director President)
People named in this filing
- Doug Baxter (Director President)
- Suzanne Chapin (Director)
- David Hollinger (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
A Promote awareness of and monitor Pleasant Lake and its watershed area to preserve and protect its many qualities as a natural resource; b Assist in and support the work of federal state and local authorities in protecting Pleasant Lakes ecology with respect to water purity and its natural populations of fish water birds and other wildlife; c Educate its membership about the boating rules and regulations both state and local pertaining to Pleasant Lake; and encourage its membership to comply with such rules and regulations; d Advise the Town of New London with respect to policies pertaining to the control of the water level of Pleasant Lake at the Elkins dam; and e Promote and assist in other events and activities that advance the purity safety and recreational value of Pleasant Lake and collaborate with other organizations in endeavors that further the purposes of the Corporation.
What it reported doing in 2025
Promote and Assist in other activities that advance the purity safety and recreational value of Pleasant Lake and to collaborate with other organizations that further the purposes of the corporation,.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.29; rating input score 87; 87th 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: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.