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Nonprofit · EIN 04-1661090

NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC

Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02114

Financials

$5.3M$4.6M2023$5.4M$4.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$5,449,926$4,859,814$590,112$16,340,433$4,185,601$12,154,832
December 31, 2023990$5,317,609$4,616,878$700,731$15,343,165$3,776,718$11,566,447
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,336,774
Membership dues
$2,336,774
Program service revenue
$2,694,475
Investment income
$418,677
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$59,137
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,423,894
Other salaries and wages
$1,237,064
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$3,114,224
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$171,942
Occupancy
$274,002
Travel
$54,003
Depreciation
$28,808

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$15,343,165
Total assets, end of year
$16,340,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,185,601
Net assets, end of year
$12,154,832
Land, buildings and equipment
$45,285
Publicly traded securities
$10,470,355
Net assets without donor restrictions
$11,941,738
Net assets with donor restrictions
$213,094
Gross receipts
$5,449,926
Employees
22
Volunteers
96
Year formed
1955
State of legal domicile
MA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JAMES T BRETTSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
40$886,379$99,129
LAWRENCE E ZABAREXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
40$367,702$70,684
EMILY HEISIGSVP COMMUNICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$190,282$52,228
JOHN T HAILERCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JOHN W STADTLERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
PATRICIA JACOBSVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JOSEPH BAERLEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLI J ARMSTRONG PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRACE H LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTIENNE K BIKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEVIN C CONROYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SUSAN ADAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREG BUTLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA D EVERHARTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REBECCA CHASENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
83 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ELIZABETH N FOXDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JEROME M SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TERESA R ROSENBERGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSEPH DALTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GEORGE F SHEVLIN IVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GARY S GILLHEENEY SRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSEPH FAY ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL P FLAMMIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN S CAPONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID GOGGINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES A GRASSODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ADAM GLUCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AMY ISEPPIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MATTHEW S HOUDEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DENNIS J KEARNEY ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WILLIAM F KENNEDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARK C KALPINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SANDI HENNEQUINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DENNIS J LEONARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
EDMUND SHALLCROSSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PAUL MATTERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MATTHEW BEATONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TIMOTHY J DELGIUDICEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AMY CARNEVALEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSEPH R NOLAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
REBECCA DIAZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MIKE PRENTISSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS D RATHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KAREN MADDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEN ROBINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS E SAMOLUKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHRIS MCDONALDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LEIGH WALTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DARRYL FESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ALISON WEISSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN F FITZGERALDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WAYNE F LESPERANCEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR JOSEPH AOUNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MAURA O BRIENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KENNETH K QUIGLEY JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICK GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BECCA GOULDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHERINE PROVENCHER CPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHRISTOPHER PHILBINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSEPH G MURPHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTY MEEHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMIE OPPEDISANODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JESSE O VILLARREALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVEN R DISALVO PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JARED P ROSSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS KERSHAWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
COURTNEY LARKINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
VIJI RANGASWAMIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT F RIVERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LISEL SHEEHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GRAHAM SHALGIANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
UMBERTO SPERANZADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LESLI SUGGSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEPHEN TOFFOLONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHAUN REALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DOUGLAS ROBBINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATY D O'NEILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AMY V DOWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FRANCIS X HAYESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEVIN GRANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GREGORY H SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DANIEL W WALKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MALISA SCHUYLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHAYLA WHITEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KATHERINE CRAVENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL A CURRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SARAH EVANSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHLEEN FINNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JENNIFER M GALLAGHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KRISTEN GARVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BRIAN P GRIPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR ROBERT E JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KRISTIN LEWISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD M PAGLIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JEFFREY TENGELDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN D KEENANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT E SHERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LISA WIELANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 95 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
JAMES T BRETTPRESIDENT/CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$858,553$262,048
LAWRENCE E ZABAREXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Key employee
40$355,952$31,225
EMILY HEISIGSVP COMMUNICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$190,000$27,036
JOHN T HAILERCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JOHN W STADTLERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
PATRICIA JACOBSVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JOSEPH BAERLEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLI J ARMSTRONG PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRACE H LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTIENNE K BIKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEVIN C CONROYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CONNIE L BRENNANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREG BUTLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAMELA D EVERHARTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NICOLE M VERDIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAURA S PEABODYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEROME M SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TERESA R ROSENBERGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH DALTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GEORGE F SHEVLIN IVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DR IVA S MORSEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH FAY ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL P FLAMMIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN S CAPONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAVID GOGGINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMES A GRASSODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MOLLY K WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAN RIVERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MATTHEW S HOUDEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DENNIS J KEARNEY ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WILLIAM F KENNEDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARK C KALPINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SANDI HENNEQUINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DENNIS J LEONARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EDMUND SHALLCROSSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL MATTERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MATTHEW BEATONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIMOTHY J DELGIUDICEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AMY CARNEVALEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH R NOLAN JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
REBECCA DIAZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MIKE PRENTISSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THOMAS D RATHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARK E REILLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEN ROBINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THOMAS E SAMOLUKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOANNE M SULLIVANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LEIGH WALTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DARRYL FESSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ALISON WEISSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN F FITZGERALDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
WAYNE F LESPERANCEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DR JOSEPH AOUNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MAURA O BRIENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KENNETH K QUIGLEY JRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICK GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BECCA GOULDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHERINE PROVENCHER CPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EDMUND C KENEALYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH G MURPHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARTY MEEHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAMIE OPPEDISANODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JESSE O VILLARREALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
STEVEN R DISALVO PHDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JARED P ROSSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
THOMAS KERSHAWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
COURTNEY LARKINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEVIN M MCGOVERN CPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT F RIVERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TIMOTHY C MCDOUGALDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRAHAM SHALGIANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHERINE A SAUNDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SHAUN REALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DOUGLAS ROBBINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATY D O'NEILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AMY V DOWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FRANCIS X HAYESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KEVIN GRANTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GREGORY H SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DANIEL W WALKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MALISA SCHUYLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICK BRENNANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KATHERINE CRAVENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL A CURRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SARAH EVANSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CATHLEEN FINNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JENNIFER M GALLAGHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KRISTEN GARVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BRIAN P GRIPPDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DR ROBERT E JOHNSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KRISTIN LEWISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICHARD M PAGLIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JEFFREY TENGELDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOHN D KEENANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT E SHERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
98 N WASHINGTON ST STE 201, BOSTON, MA 02114-1913
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JAMES T BRETT, 98 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET 303, BOSTON, MA 02114
Signed the 990
JAMES T BRETT, PRESIDENT & CEO
Phone
(617) 723-4009
Return prepared by
CBIZ ADVISORS LLC

Mission

TO FOSTER GROWTH OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM OF BUSINESS IN NEW ENGLAND; TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN COMPREHENSIVE VIEWS OF NEW ENGLAND CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS; TO SECURE RECOGNITION OF THE COMMONALITY OF ECONOMIC INTEREST SPECIFIC TO THE NEW ENGLAND REGION THAT TRANSCENDS CURRENT POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; TO BRING TOGETHER THE INTERESTS MOST CONCERNED WITH ANY NEW ENGLAND PROBLEM, AND TO PROMOTE COOPERATIVE ACTION BY SUCH INTERESTS; TO ENABLE NEW ENGLAND TO SPEAK WITH A SINGLE VOICE AND TO ACT WITH A UNITED PURPOSE; TO PROMOTE THE ADOPTION OF POLICIES BEST CALCULATED TO FURTHER NEW ENGLAND'S DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY, CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL INTEREST, AND THROUGH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS, TO SECURE CONSTRUCTIVE COORDINATED ACTION IN SUPPORT OF SUCH POLICIES AND, TO CARRY ON ANY OTHER ACTIVITY WITHOUT PROFIT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS OR ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(6) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986).

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTS OVER 600 BUSINESS ANDFOR MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN, EITHER IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDED EVENTS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ALL SIX NEWENGLAND STATES AND BEYOND, GOVERNORS, FEDERAL AGENCY OFFICIALS, FOREIGNAMBASSADORS, AND EXPERTS FROM WITHIN OUR MEMBERSHIP. THE COUNCIL HOSTED TWO SIGNATURE ANNUAL EVENTS, OUR TWO-DAY WASHINGTON LEADERS' CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, IN MAY, AND OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION INBOSTON IN SEPTEMBER, DURING WHICH THE COUNCIL PRESENTED ITS NEWENGLANDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. THE COUNCIL ADVOCATED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON A WIDE ARRAY OF POLICY ISSUES IMPACTING THE REGION'S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, AND PUBLISHED REGULAR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS AND POLICY PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:UPDATES TO KEEP MEMBERS APPRISED OF COUNCIL ACTIVITY AND KEYDEVELOPMENTS IN CONGRESS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-1661090
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1942
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$16,340,433
Income (IRS master file)
$5,449,926

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$5,449,926$4,859,814$16,340,433XML
990December 2023$5,317,609$4,616,878$15,343,165XML
990December 2022$5,159,545$4,299,233$14,430,831IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-1661090).

Questions about NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC

What is the EIN of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC is 04-1661090.
Is NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1942.
Are donations to NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JAMES T BRETT.
Who are the officers and directors of NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 98 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $886,379 (JAMES T BRETT, SECRETARY).
How much revenue does NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,449,926, expenses of $4,859,814 and total assets of $16,340,433 at year end.

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