Alabamians for Forever Wild Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453132639
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2052634721
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,006
- Expenses
- $2,682
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SAMUEL E UPCHURCH JR (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SAMUEL E UPCHURCH JR (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
- GRADY HARTZOG (DIRECTOR AND TREASURER)
- NANCY MORROW (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the social welfare by promoting the passage of an amendment to the constitution of Alabama of 1901 providing for the continued funding of Alabama forever wild land trust for the acquisition, management and protection of lands within Alabama for conservational, recreational, scientific, and educational purposes. This mission was accomplished in late 2012 with successful passage of the amendment.
What it reported doing in 2013
The organization successfully concluded its mission to pass the Alabama forever wild constitutional amendment. During 2013, the organization raised funds to repay a bank loan and contributed its remaining funds to a 501(c)(3) organization. It will be dissolved in 2014.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 70.2%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -196.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.