Spring Hills Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464020623
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2013
Location
North Abington Twp, PA, USA
Phone
5708781722
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$233,983
Expenses
$194,868
Assets
$155,294
Liabilities
$650

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dylan Zeitlyn (Vice President)
  • Rick Hull (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Catherine Ravaioli (Liasion): $6,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission is to preserve working family farms as educational venues for sustainable land use and as a source of inspiration for artists of all disciplines who, through their works and experience, will educate and inspire community involvement with the working landscape.

What it reported doing in 2025

The United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania (UNC) is focused on meeting the needs of local families facing financial challenges, seniors, youth, and new immigrants while also empowering them to attain self-sufficiency. In 2025 the Spring Hills Foundation started a collaboration with UNC, to provide a week-long day camp for children ages 8 through 12 at the Spring Hills Farm. The camp combines hands-on sustainable learning with inspiring artistic activities, helping kids connect with the wild in meaningful ways. The program is facilitated by Megan Wolfe, a certified Forest Bathing Guide and retired elementary science teacher who has applied the hands-on methods of Maria Montessori and Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences for over 35 years, and Leanna Yatcilla, B.A. in Art with a minor in theatrical design. In the mornings, the children are led on science explorations in different environs on the Farm. These emphasize the importance of regeneration, with activities to explore farm and forest habitats, and how plants, animals, and people can work together to sustain life. Campers are encouraged to use their creativity to solve challenges, from designing nature-inspired art to tracing energy and nutrients in the ecosystem. Afternoons are devoted to artistic projects that bring the campers' discoveries to life. Campers explore the wonders of nature through leaf rubbings and prints, using leaves they collect to create artwork that celebrates the intricate designs of the natural world. They also craft sun cyanotype prints and leaf rubbings-all while learning about sustainability and how to care for the earth. The camp concludes with an inspiring showcase of the children's creations. Families are invited to see the eco-artwork, nature-inspired sculptures, and group projects that reflect everything the campers have learned. In 2025 the camp was supported by the Foundation through funding from the Spitz Foundation and individual donations. In coming years we plan to apply for grant support in collaboration with UNC. Development of the camp, including collaboration with UNC, took about 5% of the Board of Directors time, and expenses were approximately 4% of total expenses. (2025 is not complete, so the percentage is an estimate.) This program directly furthers our mission, as it provides environmental and arts education and hands-on experiences in connection with the Farm's natural and working landscape.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $183K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.