Proteus Ny Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262511007
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9173644078
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,001
Expenses
$20,568
Assets
$69,409
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • COLE ORAM (TRUSTEE): $972 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate the american and world public of the contributions and heritage of greek and greek/american history through collection and preservation of materials (audio/visual, archival materials of these cultures) from america and abroad. Once collected, and by addition of shootings of interviews and shootings on location, the images are brought to the public through films, exhibitions and publications.

What it reported doing in 2025

To continue pre-production, production, filming and post production for the documentray films 90 minutes each "athens rising film project" film numbers 3 & 4 & 5 & 6: 3.athens in the interwar period 1922-1940 & 4.athens caught in conflicts 1940-1950 & 5.athens spreading out 1950-1974 & 6.athens a european capital 1974-2021 and the "athens rising archive preservation project".

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.1%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 27
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.37; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.1% of revenue deployed · 26.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $972 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.