Village Potters Guild Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383251932
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Plymouth, MI, USA
Phone
3133188027
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,299
Expenses
$56,299
Assets
$95,363

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSE PENGELLY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARK MILARD (TREASURER)
  • RENEE BAXTER (DIRECTOR)
  • ROSE PENGELLY (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

Cultural improvement of community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide facilities for members to develop and promote pottery and pottery activities. The village potters guild is open daily for up to 30 members at any one time.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.7%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 45.2%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.7% of revenue deployed · 45.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.