Rotary Club of Walden New York Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
146030053
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Walden, NY, USA
Phone
8603066437
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,943
Expenses
$59,430
Assets
$150,010

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN ROWLEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAUREN ROWLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN REVELLA (PAST PRESIDE)
  • GINNY NEIDERMIER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Walden rotary is a chartered club of rotary international (ri), headquartered in evanston, Illinois. Rotary international is an international service organization made up of people who share a passion for and commitment to enhancing communities and improving lives across the world. Since 1929, walden rotary has been meeting needs and improving lives in the greater town of montgomery area within orange county, ny.

What it reported doing in 2024

Walden rotary is a chartered club of rotary international (ri), headquartered in evanston, Illinois. Rotary international is an international service organization made up of people who share a passion for and commitment to enhancing communities and improving lives across the world. Since 1929, walden rotary has been meeting needs and improving lives in the greater town of montgomery area within orange county, ny. Walden rotary provides assistance for youth via scholarships to college, intensive leadership training for high school sophomores, high school intramural service club, interact, free backpacks and school supplies for back-to-school kids, and providing dictionaries to 3rd graders. Walden rotary provides assistance for the community by picking up food orders for local food pantries from regional food banks, roadside cleanup days, participation in local community fairs, bell ringing for the salvation army, collecting donations from fundraisers benefitting: libraries, the boy scouts, big brother/big sister, etc., and providing community improvements such as donated lampposts, senior center stage, playscapes, etc. Walden rotary provides assistance for the international community by assisting mountain communities in haiti through the donation of school supplies, sports equipment, and hospital linens and providing funding for the construction of a diagnostic testing laboratory, hurricane disaster response through donations and on-site assistance, and providing financial support for ri's established programs to eradicate polio and provide temporary shelter assistance during disasters. Service activities are financed from local fundraisers (golf tournaments, plant sales, irish shows) and grants from rotary international. Administrative activities include training of members, attendance at conferences, fellowship activities, and dues to district and international bodies. These are maintained in a separate budget and financed chiefly through member dues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.3%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.52; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.9% of revenue deployed · 96.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.