Spiral House Park
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993247180
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Saugerties, NY, USA
- Phone
- 8452465027
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,622,162
- Expenses
- $463,302
- Assets
- $14,276,273
- Liabilities
- $59,783
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Ronnie Shushan (Executive Dir.): $57,630 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Spiral House Park is a 45-acre park in Saugerties, NY. Developed from a former bluestone quarry into a unique cultural and ecological resource, the site features bluestone and crystal glass sculptures alongside native gardens, woodland trails, and accessible paths. The park also includes a 5-story Spiral House based on sacred geometry. We provide immersive experiences and educational programs that foster exploration, reflection, and learning, connecting people of all ages with the wonder of art and nature. In 2025, the park opened to the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.1%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 67.2%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $1,434.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 96.8%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 30.81; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.1% of revenue deployed · 67.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $311K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $58K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.