Blue Ribbon Coalition Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820413981
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Boise, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2083983509
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,009,223
- Expenses
- $700,996
- Assets
- $1,001,664
- Liabilities
- $20,374
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RANCH PRATT (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BEN BURR (EXECUTIVE DI): $84,856 total reported compensation
- WILLIAM SCHUSTER (ADMIN DIR CF): $63,636 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Blueribbon advocates for shared recreation on public lands. By legal intervention, it defends and challenges land-use agencies' planning.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education and advocacy - to keep public recreation access open on public lands brc public lands department monitors state land agencies, the interior department, us forest service, and bureau of land management's recreational access planning, issues and initiatives affecting public lands' recreation access, recreation management, and natural resource conservation. Brc provides members with a robust website of nationwide information to keep enthusiasts abreast of land-use issues and agency planning. We provide action alerts and an rss feed on local and national issues. We provide historical land-use information, links to other enthusiast organizations and to lawmakers. We help members understand and navigate the complicated land-use planning process; we consult with technical experts and scientists on recreation and resource management issues; and we help recreationists provide meaningful comments to agencies and governing bodies. We coordinate our advocacy work with local, state, or national associations to maximize impact on the land-use planning process. We mediate differences between users of various modes of recreation and help them work together toward meaningful "on the ground" solutions. Where there are gaps in local involvement and, where applicable, brc actively and directly engages in those planning processes on behalf of its members. Within the legal confines of the IRS 50(c)(3) regulations, brc lobbies on behalf of its members on legislative initiatives affecting recreational funding, recreational access, and other similar issues having an impact on access and utilization of public lands and waters.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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.
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: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.2%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.2% of revenue deployed · 73.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $514K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.