The Friends of Cedarmere Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272291032
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Roslyn Harbor, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5165443944
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $129,079
- Expenses
- $78,722
- Assets
- $311,528
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS U POWELL (President)
- ERIC SWENSON (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- THOMAS U POWELL (President)
- KAREEM EL-HENEIDI (Treasurer)
- ERIC SWENSON (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 Organizations mission is to preserve and promote public enjoyment of the Cedarmere estate, and to preserve and interpret the history and life of William Cullen Bryant. To accomplish this goal, the Foundation promotes, encourages and actively assists Nassau County in the preservation, restoration and maintenance of Cedarmeres historic gardens, the main house, and outbuildings, with respect to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the historical, cultural and environmental heritage of Cedarmere, and its brilliant and influential former owner, William Cullen Bryant, prominent 19th century poet, newspaper editor, abolitionist, and civic leader.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, The Friends of Cedarmere Inc. continued to maintain the grounds for public enjoyment and facilitate improvements throughout the estate at Cedarmere, historic home of William Cullen Bryant, including;- Rebuilt 2-story wrap-around west porch of main house.- Installed display panels of images from history of Bryant, his family and history of the main house.- Had 50 long x 6 wide x 4deep French drain installed under parking lot of main building.- Collected and installed period furnishings to recreate art studio of Frances Bryant Godwin in upper level of Mill.- Installed picture molding in upper floor of mill for hanging paintings for art exhibits- Continued work on historic mill machinery and workshop displays of antique tools and furnishings.- Continued purchase and planting of native plants in natural areas.- Newsletters sent out monthly to members.- Annual May spring garden planting by group of volunteers.- Held cultural events on the property and worked to promote the legacy of William Cullen Bryant.- Extensive gutter and slate roof repair and replacement on rear of main house.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.3%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
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: 39%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.96; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.3% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.