Sussex Rotary Can-do Playground Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934940907
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lewes, DE, USA
Phone
3027403220
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,725
Expenses
$6,883
Assets
$288,165
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIAN H BOOKER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BOBBI BERENDS (DIRECTOR)
  • JULIAN H BOOKER (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDITH DEAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Seven rotary clubs in sussex county, Delaware have joined together to build a playground that is designed to meet the needs of children and families across the wide spectrum of physical, mental, and developmental disabilities by strengthening and expanding inclusive play areas that focus on physical, cognitive, communicative, social/emotional, and sensory development of the whole child. The clubs have created sussex rotary can-do playground, inc. To research the target populations, then plan, design, build and maintain the can-do playground at hudson park. The land on which the facility will be built is being provided at no cost by the sussex county land trust as part of their stephen p. Hudson park project. To date, input on the need for the facility as well ideas for specific equipment and play settings has been received and more expert and experientially based advice will be solicited and employed in the creation of the space. The finished playground will include 5 dedicated play ar

What it reported doing in 2025

Sussex rotary can-do playground, inc. Was created specifically and only for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the can-do playground at hudson park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: $62.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 94%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 41.87; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -47.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.