Responsible Preservation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455559812
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2159889550
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $119,740
- Expenses
- $142,487
- Assets
- $20,653
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert J Shusterman (President & Treasurer)
- George E Thomas (Vice President & Ass't Sec)
People named in this filing
- Robert J Shusterman (President & Treasurer)
- George E Thomas (Vice President & Ass't Sec)
- Eileen M Newcomb (Secretary & Ass't Treasury)
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
The mission of Responsible Preservation, Inc. is to preserve and protect environmental and cultural assets in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adjacent areas, with a specific focus on the Wissahickon Watershed that passes through southeast Montgomery County and northwest Philadelphia County. In addition to the preservation of historic structures and land areas, RPI shall seek to promote and develop land use and storm water controls, based upon the principles and techniques of "impact zoning" that can be applied on a watershed wide, multi-jurisdictional basis. In developing and evaluating impact zoning techniques, the controls and environmental parameters will include land-use, traffic, environmental (air quality, water quality and erosion and sedimentation) controls and standards as well as impact on birds and other migratory species.
What it reported doing in 2025
The mission of Responsible Preservation, Inc. is to preserve and protect environmental and cultural assets in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adjacent areas, with a specific focus on the Wissahickon Watershed that passes through southeast Montgomery County and northwest Philadelphia County.
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 95% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.