Save the River - Save the Hills Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061613767
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Waterford, CT, USA
Phone
8604449247
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,269
Expenses
$74,896
Assets
$282,533
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH MOSHIER-DUNN (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES PAGANETTI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EILEEN O'PASEK (MEMBERSHIP CHAIR)
  • RICK NELSON (PUMPOUT PROGRAM CO-ADMIN)
  • SUZANNE THOMPSON (COALITION COORDINATOR)

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 the organization is to abate and prevent pollution of the niantic river by: operating a pumpout boat; advocating for the preservation of oswegatchie hills; advocating for sewers for east lyme waterfront neighborhoods; encouraging the towns of waterford and east lyme to fulfill their obligations under the federal phase ii storm water protection act.

What it reported doing in 2025

Niantic river pumpout boat program: this service is offered free to recreational boaters who have marine sanitation devices with holding tanks, to easily dispose of human waste in an environmentally safe manner. Thanks to a grant from ct deep, through the federal clean water act, that is matched (75% deep/25% others) by the towns of east lyme & waterford and welsco (waterford/east lyme shellfish commission), as well as local business' donations, the pumpout boat operates free of charge from may through the fall, on the niantic river and niantic bay. In 2025 we pumped more than 15,000 gallons of waste water.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.