Sea Turtle Recovery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464861060
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
West Orange, NJ, USA
Phone
6096674076
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection of Endangered Species

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,917
Expenses
$158,724
Assets
$129,475
Liabilities
$346

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erin Rumsey (Vice President)
  • Donna Cataliotti (President)

People named in this filing

  • William Deerr (Co-Executive Officer)
  • Brandi Biehl (Co-Executive Officer)
  • Erin Rumsey (Vice President)

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

Sea turtle recovery is dedicated to the rehabilitation of sea turtles and educating the public about the sea turtles

What it reported doing in 2025

Sea Turtle Recovery has admitted a total of 187 sea turtle patients since opening in 2016. Proudly, of these 187 patients, 149 sea turtles have already recovered and been released back into the wild! These patients came from five states, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, and Virginia where facilities requested assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 60%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.