Blue River Land Trust Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900615944
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Stilwell, KS, USA
- Phone
- 8168420944
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Land Resources Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17
- Expenses
- $83,120
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANN K BAUM (VICE CHAIR)
- G KENNETH BAUM (CHAIR)
- JONATHAN E BAUM (DIRECTOR)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Manage land conservation and historic preservation easements in order to preserve land for outdoor recreation or education of the general public; protect natural habitats; preserve open space for scenic enjoyment of the general public; preserve historic structures; and preserve historic land areas.
What it reported doing in 2021
Work on conservation issues for watershed of Blue River and adjacent lands.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 68.7%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -488,841.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -25.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 68.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2021
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.