People and Pollinators Action Network
Overview
Mission
Ppan promotes pollinator-friendly land management and landscaping practices through education, engagement, and advocacy to preserve biodiversity and safeguard public health. Ppan is dedicated to creating healthy, sustainable ecosystems where people and pollinators can thrive now and for generations to come.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ppan completed the third giving cycle of the protect the pollinators habitat fund, backed by sales of the Colorado pollinator license plate, by distributing 56,396 to create native habitat gardens. We collaborated on a june pollinator month proclamation with the governor's office. We have continued to conduct outreach and education about the co native pollinating insects study with state agencies, municipal government, and the public. Ppan supported a policy to reduce the use of non-functional turf and launched a new campaign to reduce the agricultural use of neonicitinoid- treated seed. We worked with the boulder valley school district on a non- toxic school ground policy that will be a model for more school districts. --------------------- continued on schedule o -----------------------
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472260229
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Headquarters
- Niwot, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3038187264
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $240K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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
14 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOYCE KENNEDY (EXECUTIVE DI): $69,900 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.