Broward County Audubon Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 596196137
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Tamarac, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9542321956
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $166,274
- Expenses
- $129,955
- Assets
- $61,741
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SIMONA BURSHTEYN (President)
- JESSICA DEBLOIS SINNES (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- SIMONA BURSHTEYN (President)
- JESSICA DEBLOIS SINNES (Vice President)
- MICHAEL GREENE (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the South Florida Audubon Society is to conserve and restore South Floridas ecosystems, with a particular focus on birds and their habitats, through advocacy, education, and community engagement.Our vision is a South Florida where birds and other wildlife thrive in healthy and diverse ecosystems and where people are inspired to appreciate and protect the natural world. We strive for a future where the communities of South Florida are engaged in conservation efforts and where policymakers prioritize the protection of natural resources for the benefit of all
What it reported doing in 2024
Port Everglades Viewing Tower Project: this is an active and ongoingproject.Sea Turtle Hatchling Rescue: Training of up to 25 volunteers who are out on Pompano Beach, Broward County doing night shifts during sea turtle nesting season - March 1 to October 31. The volunteers are permitted FWC - Marine Turtle Permit - MTP-174 to rescue sea turtle hatchlings that are disoriented due to sea turtle unfriendly lighting because of non-compliance of Broward County coastal municipality lighting ordinancesBirding: planning and organizing birding field trips for a variety ofcommunity groups.Other advocacy and educational / eco-action projects throughout BrowardCounty including purchase of native plants and trees, tropical fruit treesand related supplies for scheduled plantings at public schools andmunicipal and county parks.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.