The Darien Cotillion Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843533200
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New Haven, CT, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,843
- Expenses
- $57,900
- Assets
- $8,842
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John and Denise Leidy (President)
- Carol Chiulli and Paul Quartararo (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- John and Denise Leidy (President)
- Carol Chiulli and Paul Quartararo (Vice President)
- Barbara Turner and Matt Millar (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Darien Cotillion Inc. is registered as a non-stock corporation since January 1987 in the State of Connecticut. As described in its By Laws the organizations purpose is to provide at least five formal ballroom dinner dances for the social enjoyment of its members. The organization has no physical facilities or employees so it contracts with dining facilities to provide food and service and with bands to provide music. The organizations officers include seven members usually couples who receive no compensation for their services. Officers pay the same fees as other members. Membership fees and assessments are in two parts:1 an annual membership fee to cover all operating costs except food and service 2 Dance fees for each dance to cover the cost of food and service. Dance fees are negotiated with each facility and are the same for all members and guests. The organization does not have any other assessment on members or guests. The organization does not sell equipment.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization held six ballroom dances for its fiscal year ending June 30 2025 with a total attendance of 364 which included 35 Organization Guests who were members of a neighboring dinner dance Club which had invited members of the organization to attend one of their dances 28 did so and 12 Member guests. All guests paid the same dinner fee as the members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.