Raymond Waterways Protective Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900170146
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Raymond, ME, USA
Phone
5183738820
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,621
Expenses
$40,071
Assets
$133,012
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wayne Eckerson (President)
  • Nancy Crilly-Kirk (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Wayne Eckerson (President)
  • Nancy Crilly-Kirk (Vice President)
  • Peter Rowland (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

Protection of the lakes and rivers in Raymond Maine area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shallow water variable water milfoil mitigation was initiated to help control invasive milfoil in Sebago Lake. In 2025 this was a voluntary progam. In 2026 we are adding a paid crew for weed removal.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 76; 76th 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: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.