Teaneck Creek Conservancy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223818003
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Teaneck, NJ, USA
Phone
2018362403
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$190,136
Expenses
$165,086
Assets
$114,215
Liabilities
$3,750

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHLEEN FARLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ADAM STROBEL (PRESIDENT)
  • GLADYS MILLER-ROSENSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHLEEN FARLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ADAM STROBEL (PRESIDENT)
  • GLADYS MILLER-ROSENSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

The organization's purpose is to advance the cause of nature study, site specific interpretative art, restoration of wetlands and restoring the natural flora in and about teaneck, New Jersey.

What it reported doing in 2025

To offer bergen county residents an opportunity to participate in and enjoy the environmental and cultural restoration of the non-degraded area; and that the park will uniquely make use of art and landscape design to synthesize the natural, historical and cultural history of this area; and teach children to take responsibility for preserving and enhancing the area. To manage and improve the premises as a natural and culturally passive sanctuary and interpretive center.to conduct programs of passive recreational, environmental and educational activity which shall be open to the public without discrimination as provided by law with special emphasis on school age children, and in accordance with the park rules and regulations adapted by the county and all applicable New Jersey statutes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.1%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 68.1%; rating input score 68

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: 13.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.1% of revenue deployed · 68.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.