Proprietary House Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237163949
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7328265527
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,050
- Expenses
- $29,575
- Assets
- $229,962
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lisa Nanton (President & Trustee)
- Norine Gall (Vice President & Trustee)
People named in this filing
- Lisa Nanton (President & Trustee)
- Norine Gall (Vice President & Trustee)
- Mary Ellen Pavlovsky (Treasurer & Trustee)
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
To preserve, restore and interpret as a historic site and museum the Proprietary House (a NJ State-owned property) which was built in 1762-64 and served as colonial New Jersey's royal governor's mansion. Tours of the museum, educational programs and history-related activities and events are offered to the public.
What it reported doing in 2025
(Code: 238990) Major restoration and repairs of and planning for the historic Proprietary House structure continued in 2025, with funding provided by a State of NJ Department of Community Affairs Legislative Grant. Proprietary House Association, on behalf of the State of NJ, has overseen the restoration and repairs of and planning for the Proprietary House historic site and museum. Proprietary House Association also retained and worked with restoration architects, project contractors and craftsmen who are restoring and repairing the historic building.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -55.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.78; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.