Maine Conservation Alliance

What it reported doing in 2024

Maine's Environmental Priorities Coalition: MCA is the backbone organization for the 39-member Environmental Priorities Coalition that promotes commonsense state policies that protect Maine's natural legacy, the health of our families, and our climate future. In 2024, MCA continued to serve as the environmental community's hub for shared strategy, communications, public education, and organizing. We worked with our EPC partners to develop the annual common environmental agenda and educate the public and lawmakers on the policies needed to build a clean energy future, equitably tackle climate change, protect public health, and conserve our air, land, water and wildlife for future generations. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)Education, Advocacy, and Outreach: MCA works to increase the number of Maine people who are advancing conservation and acting on climate in their communities, growing as leaders, and engaging in the civic process. In 2024, MCA continued to prioritize public education, collaboration, and advocacy to advance bold and ambitious climate action, a fair clean energy transition, an accessible democracy, and the protection of our natural resources.Civic Engagement: It is our belief that the more Maine people get involved in the decisions affecting their communities, the better our future will be for everyone. Increasing the number of Mainers who are civically engaged remained a core part of our strategy to promote a healthy environment.Partnerships: The majority of our programming is designed to create a stronger and more unified movement for climate action, conservation, and a healthy democracy in Maine. The relationships that have been built and nurtured through our collaborative work have resulted in more information sharing, new partnerships, added trust, and a sense of camaraderie among diverse organizations. MCA has an organizational commitment to making this important work happen and involving our partners in meaningful ways.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 59th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -78.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.56; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings