The Public Works Experience Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521308441
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Tilghman, MD, USA
Phone
4439244671
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,286
Expenses
$97,196
Assets
$112,791
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RACHEL ELLIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • RACHEL ELLIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LILY OPENSHAW (MEMBER)
  • STEVEN HAWTOF (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The public works experience (pwe) is committed to helping everyone understand the immense value of public works. Communities large and small depend on these basic services every day, yet public works are often poorly understood, and frequently taken for granted - until something breaks. But - by heightening awareness, pwe fills this gap as the place to learn about public works and infrastructure, and the importance of the people who keep our communities moving, safe, and clean.

What it reported doing in 2024

Speaker series: in december of 2024, pwe initiated the "no water no beer" speaker series, sponsored by the chesapeake section of american water works association and chesapeake water environment association. Monthly presentations were delivered on a variety of public works topics.bubble balooza - in september and june, pwe hosted bubble balooza events, where neighbors can bring their children to play in a bubbly foam, connecting them with the importance of safe drinking water.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.5%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 30.4%; rating input score 30

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: 32.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.5% of revenue deployed · 30.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 20/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.