The Friends of Muscoot Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133039176
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Katonah, NY, USA
Phone
9146563988
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,616
Expenses
$27,921
Assets
$226,993
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN MOGA (PRESIDENT)
  • MAUREEN DOHERTY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT CILIA (TREASURER)
  • DEBORAH BEHLER (SECRETARY)
  • PAUL LEWIS (MEMBER)

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 primary purpose of the organization is to support the muscoot farm, a farm located in westchester county, ny. The farm is a demonstration dairy farm that has been operating since the mid-1800's. The farm is comprised of 777 acres of land, several 1800's buildings, a turn of the century house, hundreds of acres of hay fields, pastures and gardens. The farm attracts people of all ages but the primary focus is making it a destination for children to enjoy and enhance their knowledge of nature and farms. The organization raises funds through donations, hosting the farmer's market and other seasonal events. The funds are used to support the farm by buying farm animals, farm equipment, educational supplies, funding employee training and supporting day-to-day needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The primary function of the organization is to raise additional funds for muscoot farm, a farm located in westchester county, ny. The additional funds enable the farm's staff to enhance the quality of the public's visit to the farm. Funds are raised by operating the annual farmer's market and hosting seasonal events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.6%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 58.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.13; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.6% of revenue deployed · 21.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.