Sanford Alumni Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814942730
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Sanford, ME, USA
Phone
2076040207
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,373
Expenses
$102,783
Assets
$203,351

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETH LAMBERT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA BLANCHETTE (SECRETARY)
  • THERESA SALLS (TREASURER)
  • SHANE OCONNELL (MEMBER AT LA)

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

To foster a unity of purpose and spirit among sanford, Maine alumni to positively impact our alma mater, its students, and the sanford community

What it reported doing in 2025

To foster a unity of purpose and spirit among sanford, Maine alumni to positively impact our alma mater, its students, and the sanford community.our three-prong approach includes: providing a way for alumni to enjoy lifelong connections with their school and with each other in meaningful and fun ways. Creating opportunities for current students to make purposeful connections with alumni, and being a financial benefactor of school-related initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 67% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - 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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83

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: 33.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.