American Lands Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455274255
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Alton, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8012526622
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Land Resources Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,773
- Expenses
- $35,347
- Assets
- $64,533
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOUG HEATON (Vice President)
- JENNIFER FIELDER (CEO)
People named in this filing
- ALAN GARDNER (CHAIR)
- DOUG HEATON (Vice President)
- MARTI HALVERSON (PAST CHAIR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The American Lands Council channels the cooperative efforts of state and local governments, businesses, organizations, and individuals to secure and defend local control of land access, land use, and land ownership through: I. EducationII. Political PersuasionIII. Legislation (local, state and national)IV. Litigation
What it reported doing in 2024
It is imperative that we come together in our nation as counties, individuals, and states to protect our public lands as was established in our nation's Constitution. Memberships and donations help us unite these individuals and organizations and help us move forward with this critical issue. In the past years, donations and membership funds have helped us to: Pass Transfer of Public Lands legislation in five states.Pay for research, writing and analysis and materials making the case that the promise to dispose of the public lands to the western states is the same as the statehood promise kept with Hawaii and all states east of Colorado. Establish a network of leaders throughout the states that is coordinating to continue helping elected leaders develop the knowledge and courage at the local, state and national levels tocompel Congress to honor that same promise with Western States. Produce educational videos about the Transfer of Public Lands and share them throughout the nation.Cover extensive travel and printing costs associated with this critical effort.Hold an annual conference of state leaders to coordinate a united effort to compel Congress to honor the promises guaranteed the states in their enabling acts. Continue working with the states to coordinate legislation for the upcoming legislative sessions that will lead to the Transfer of Public Lands.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.4%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.6%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.