Pointers Associates of New England

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161489635
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Montgomery, NY, USA
Phone
2033141157
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Other Services - Specialty Animals

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,595
Expenses
$7,947
Assets
$13,706

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHERYL BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN GREGORY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STACEY SMIT (TREASURER)
  • CHERYL BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN GREGORY (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Breeding of pointers dogs

What it reported doing in 2025

To encourage & promote the quality breeding of pointers including participation in dog shows, field trials hunting tests & obedience trials.also to rescue pointers in shelters, provide treatment & proper placement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • 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: 31.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.