Sewgreen Rochester Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364896138
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5853282642
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,370
Expenses
$121,439
Assets
$147,062
Liabilities
$718

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY LEVINE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA SHAW (DIRECTOR)
  • LEENA ROUYER (DIRECTOR)
  • MOORE RHYS (DIRECTOR)

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

Increase the self-sufficiency of rochester's young people and adults by teaching them the skills of sewing, knitting, and needlework, and supplyingthe tools and materials they need at low to no cost. Through classes, camps, programs, rentals of space and equipment, and sales of fabric andsewing materials donated by the community, sewgreen@rochester provides everything area residents need to learn to sew.

What it reported doing in 2025

In the current year, volunteers spent thousands of hours working with sewgreen. Sewgreen worked with hundreds of members of the community in classes, camps and other programs. Programs include: teacher lead class offerings, free workshops and open sewing opportunities for the community to create new items from rescued fabric, sewing and needlework supplies including clothing, accessories, artwork, and other useful and creative objects. Through the rescue and reuse of fabric, sewing machines, and all kinds of sewing, and needlework materials , we've extended the usefulness of these supplies and kept them out of landfills. Local rescue and reuse consumes no energy for manufacturing and very little for transportation, reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68

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: 10.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.9% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.