Ron Burton Training Village Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222570218
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hubbardston, MA, USA
Phone
6176998844
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,226,000
Expenses
$6,728,273
Assets
$39,223,167
Liabilities
$9,539,116

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ronald Burton Jr (President/Treasurer)
  • Phil Burton (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Phil Burton (Executive Director): $231,750 total reported compensation
  • Paul Burton (Development Director): $195,000 total reported compensation
  • Ronald Burton Jr (President/Treasurer): $179,996 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Ron Burton Training Village, Inc. is to train youth to achieve their purpose, despite life's challenges, through education, leadership, physical wellness, social advancement, and spiritual growth.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ron Burton Training Village, Inc. (the Organization or RBTV) is a Massachusetts nonprofit public charity founded in 1985 and headquartered in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. The Organization exists to train youth to achieve their purpose, despite life's challenges, through education, leadership development, physical wellness, social advancement, and spiritual growth. RBTV provides year-round programming designed to support human development, integrating academic enrichment, leadership training, physical activity, character formation, and faith-based development guided by Love, Peace, Patience, and Humility. Programming is delivered on the Organization's residential training campus and through partner-based initiatives. Activities occur throughout the year, on and off campus. RBTV is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Nearly all of the Organization's operations are funded through individual contributions, corporate donations, and foundation grants. RBTV was founded by Ron Burton, Sr., whose vision continues to guide its mission and operations today.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 55.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.83; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $232K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $749K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.