Blackhawk Hills Resource Conservation and Development Counc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237413728
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Rock Falls, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8156253854
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rural Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $235,290
- Expenses
- $160,502
- Assets
- $103,840
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Focusing on conservation of natural resources for the needs of the community
What it reported doing in 2009
Economic Development Programs: Assisted the people of Northwest IL with the development of rural economies by improving and conserving all resources. (63 communities)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.
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: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.5%; rating input score 27
- Program expense ratio: 38.4%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.5% of revenue deployed · 38.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.