Scarsdale Forum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061687418
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Scarsdale, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9148744574
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,090
- Expenses
- $11,296
- Assets
- $254,592
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JILL SPIELBERG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JILL SPIELBERG (PRESIDENT)
- OMER WICZYK (IMM PAST PRE)
- KAREN BREW (VICE PRES)
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 scarsdale forum inc.'s mission is to a)procure accurate information by impartial study on all matters affecting the welfare of the town and village of scarsdale, ny and to disseminate such information in order to contribute to an informed public judgment; b) to conduct open public meetings at which information on matters of interest in the town and village of scarsdale, ny, drawing in part upon but not limited to studies prepared by or for the forum, may be presented and freely discussed in a community forum ; c) to promote volunteerism in a spirit of community betterment and concerted and intelligent action on all matters affecting the welfare of the town and village of scarsdale, ny; and d) to conduct any and all other activities as shall from time to time be found appropriate in connection with the foregoing and as are lawful for a not-for-profit corporation.
What it reported doing in 2025
The scarsdale forum forms a number of committees which procure information about local issues, study and discuss them and write reports which are discussed at meetings of the membership and then disseminated to all members. Approved reports are also forwarded to governmental and non- governmental entities for which the information may be helpful and made available to the general public. The issues studied include, but are not limited to: village municipal services, education, sustainability, village and county affairs, etc. The scarsdale forum's general meetings are open to the general public and include prominent speakers on diverse topics of educational value to the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.7%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 24.4%; rating input score 24
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.54; rating input score 96; 96th 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: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 38.7% of revenue deployed · 24.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 26 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.