Audubon Everglades Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
596019854
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2013
Location
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Phone
5614510974
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,225
Expenses
$37,685
Assets
$2,725,842
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDWARD GRIMM (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARY YOUNG (DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT ZUCKER (DIRECTOR)
  • LISA CARROLL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote an understanding of and interest in wildlife and the environment that supports it, and to further the cause of conservation of all natural resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Conservation - audubon everglades provides various programs for its members and the public to further the conservation and a better understanding of the environment. This includes many guided field trips. We also provide workshops promoting the use of native plants. We participate in avian conservation by proividing habitats for burrowing owls and housing for purple martons. We participate in citizen science activities including national audubon's christmas bird count and eagle watch. Audubon everglades has also partnered with other environmental organizations in creating native plant gardens. Education - audubon everglades conducts programs to further the public's understanding of environmental concerns. This includes participating in many community outreach programs, such as everglades day at loxahatchee national wildlife refuge. We also have a virtual monthly speaker program open to the public featuring a different environmental topic each month. Donations - the organization makes contributions to various entities involved in preservation of wildlife and habitats. This includes sponsorships at various environmental conferences. Other activities - audubon everglades has a website with a lot of environmental and birding information as well as links to related organizations. It also includes a library of our past programs. We communicate with our members through our monthly programs as well as outreach through constant contact emails. In addition, we have a photography club.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -55.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 72.33; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.