Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

What it reported doing in 2024

Alliance for the shenandoah valley envisions a shenandoah valley sustained by farms and forests, clean streams, and rivers, and thriving communities. The alliance's mission is to inform and engage people to protect the natural resources, cultural heritages, and rural character of our region. Virginia's shenandoah valley is one of our nation's most iconic landscapes, rich in extraordinary natural and historic resources deserving of protection. With headwaters on the one-million-acre george Washington national forest lands to the west and shenandoah national park to the east, the shenandoah river provides clean drinking water to Washington dc. The valley's streams and rivers also supply water that is the lifeblood for our local farming economy, and they support thriving outdoor recreation and tourism sectors. Our service area covers six counties in the valley - augusta, frederick, page, rockingham, shenandoah, and warren - and the cities and towns within. We do the important work outlined in our mission by promoting land use and transportation policies that respect the valley's natural and cultural resources and communities, fostering land and water conservation through projects and programs that ensure clean and plentiful water, protected farm and forest land and preserved cultural resources, supporting economic development that is in keeping with the valley's unique character and resources, cultivating an active, educated, and informed public, and mobilizing citizens on regional issues of importance. Visit our website, shenandoahalliance.org, to meet our dedicated board and staff and follow our current work.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 49.2%; rating input score 49
• Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $54.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 88.5%; rating input score 89; 25th 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: 8 of 8 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 47.5%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.48; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings