Woodard & Curran Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272130228
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Portland, ME, USA
Phone
8004264262
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$640,846
Expenses
$242,096
Assets
$1,245,391
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barry Sheff (President)
  • Samantha Olney (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Duff Collins (Trustee)
  • Kelly Cowan (Trustee)
  • Rachael Dorais (Trustee)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Woodard & Curran Foundation engages the passion of the Woodard & Curran community to support nonprofit organizations that protect our water and environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Woodard & Curran Foundation used the professional talents and personal passions of its volunteers and supporters to identify, evaluate, and support projects focused on solving environmental problems. The Foundation used revenues sourced from donations and investments to write grants to various organizations that actively pursue environmental missions, with the goal of protecting our planet's diverse environments and promoting a healthier world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.6%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $541.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.14; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.6% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $233K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.