Spinner Publications Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043812817
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New Bedford, MA, USA
Phone
5089944564
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,241
Expenses
$42,491
Assets
$249,720
Liabilities
$74,280

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEE BLAKE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LEE BLAKE (PRESIDENT)
  • ZACHARY WHITE (TREASURER)
  • COREY NUFFER (SECRETARY)

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

Our mission is to record and promote the history and culture of the cities and towns of southeastern new england. We do this primarily through the publication of books.

What it reported doing in 2025

The exempt purpose achievement is to educate through books and publications the heritage of southeastern Massachusetts. We collect oral histories and create documentary, photographic and illustrative accounts that tell the story of the individual, the city, the land; stories of families and their work. We seek to promote the humanities and arts of the region and collaboration among artists to present local history in an accurate, dramatic and entertaining way. Spinners aim is to bring out the story of individuals, to show how peoples lives have impacted the community, and to portray the culture as it is realized in the lives of community members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 63% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. 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: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.4%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.88; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.4% of revenue deployed · 7.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.