Appalachia Ohio Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320004421
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Logan, OH, USA
- Phone
- 7403853584
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Land Resources Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,713,657
- Expenses
- $827,150
- Assets
- $53,281,651
- Liabilities
- $2,084
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEN METTLER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVE FLEEGAL (EXECUTIVE DI): $94,050 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Aoa is a land conservancy (trust) dedicated to the conservation and stewardship of our land and water as sustainable natural resources that are an asset and legacy for our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Aoa partnered with the following organizations to share information and promote common goals- (note: not in alphabetical order): 1.natives in harmony 2.united plant savers 3.u.s. Fish & wildlife services 4.coalition of Ohio land trusts 5.columbus audubon 6.columbus and franklin metro parks 7.crane hollow 8.ducks unlimited 9.fairfield soil and water conservation district 10.jackson township, franklin county 11.franklin soil and water conservation district 12.hocking county regional planning 13.hocking county commissioners 14.mid-Ohio regional planning commission 15.national wild turkey federation 16.Ohio department of natural resources, division of natural areas and preserves, and division of wildlife, division of mineral resources and division of forestry. 17.Ohio state university cooperative extension service 18.the Ohio state university school of environment and natural resources 19.Ohio certified volunteer naturalist assn. 20.the Ohio environmental council 21.pheasants forever 22.Delaware county preservation parks. 23.pickaway county park district 24.pickaway soil and water conservation district 25.pickaway county planning and development 26.pickaway county engineer 27.the nature conservancy 28.rural action 29.village of south bloomfield
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.3%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $1,359.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 89.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 64.42; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.3% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $786K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.