Robert J Fishman Memorial Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851624229
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sharon, MA, USA
Phone
6175290026
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,014
Expenses
$16,382
Assets
$94,867

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Fishman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Fishman (President)
  • Karen Binder (Treasurer)
  • Amy Becker (Secretary)

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

Support charitable causes that were important to the late Robert J. Fishman including: providing schoarships to graduation seniors from Sharon High School and support youth sports programs in the town of Sharon, Massachusetts.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support programs that were valued by the late Robert J. Fishman including but not limited to youth sports, program sponsorship and scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.5%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.79; rating input score 86; 86th 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% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.5% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.