Vale Cemetery Preservation Inc.

Legal name: Vale Cemetery Preservation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263014861
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Schenectady, NY, US
Phone
(518) 346-0423
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,390
Expenses
$6,819
Assets
$36,568
Liabilities
$1,937

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN GEARING (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS CIANCETTA (DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN GEARING (PRESIDENT)
  • MARION JACKSON (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Vale Cemetery Preservation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to preserving and maintaining the historic Vale Cemetery as a serene, non-sectarian burial ground and urban park in Schenectady, NY.

What it reported doing in 2023

Efforts to keep vale cemetery financially viable through fund raising, securing grants and bequests. Also, to disseminate to the public that vale cemetery and park is a historic treasure with greenspace that is a wildlife and botanical preserve.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -55.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.36; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -86.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.