Special Surfers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463918232
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Saco, ME, USA
Phone
9734200776
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Sports Associations &Training Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,994
Expenses
$72,275
Assets
$299,587
Liabilities
$894

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Janis Boutet (Executive Director, Founder)
  • James Donnelly (President)
  • Tasha Pinkham (Board Member & Co-Assistant Executive Director)
  • Heather Ross (Board Member & Co-Assistant Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Billy Beaudion (Board Member)
  • Janis Boutet (Executive Director, Founder)
  • Tina Gordon (Board Member)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Empowering people with special needs through assisted surfing.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, Special Surfers provided 2 events providing a total of 324 surfing opportunities for special needs participants. This was accomplished with the support of 526 hands-on-volunteers. Additionally, professional services were donated that approximated approximately $3.5k during 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.7%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85

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: 48.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.15; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.7% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.