Friends of the Organ Mountains-desert Peaks

Overview

Mission

Friends of organ mountains-desert peaks seeks to enrich the community and diverse cultures through advocacy, conservation and restoration of the organ mountains-desert peaks national monument as a premier example of america's national conservation lands.

What it reported doing in 2024

Through 2024 youth programming continued to be focus for friends of organ mountains-desert peaks. Seventeen (1,700) young participants took part in our programming through our 4th grade hikes, after school programming, and bike programs. One significant achievement was the growth and expansion of our school time camps. These took place during the fall, spring, and summer camps. Each week long camp had a specific theme that tied into encouraging a stronger connection to our outdoor spaces. We continued our work in introducing our large community to our national monument (organ mountains-desert peaks) through guided hikes and activities. More than five hundred individuals joined those hikes. We hosted two artist in residence, which provides an art inspired way to appreciate our natural spaces. We marked the ten-year anniversary of the national monument with a community celebration in may. We hosted one hundred fifty (150) mountain bike riders in october to ride the monumental loop. This event brings vistors from across the country to experience our unique southern New Mexico landscape. Finally, we invested in much needed infrastructure improvements at a most highly visted location, dripping springs, to improve access issues and improve parking.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275027211
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2012
Headquarters
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
5753231423
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $350K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.