California Waterfowl Legislative Action Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371837350
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Roseville, CA, USA
Phone
9166481406
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,254
Expenses
$77,750
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Carlson Jr (President)

People named in this filing

  • Rocque Merlo (Vice Chair)
  • Rik Jimerson (Treasurer)
  • Richard A Peterson (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the California waterfowl legislative action fund is to conservecalifornia's waterfowl, wetlands, and hunting heritage through legislative advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2020

Engages in a broad range of environmental conservation and educational activities. Cwaalso has as its mission, to grow California's wetlands, waterfowl populations, andhunter-conservationist communities. Cwlaf will support the goals and further theobjectives of cwa by mobilizing the California hunting community to lobby on legislation, primarily at the state level, to preserve threatened wildlife habitats and expandrecreational hunting and fishing opportunities for all californians. Cwlaf will monitorfederal, state, and local legislation that might impact hunting or wildlife habitat incalifornia, and will lobbying in for legislation to protect California hunting rights andpromote science-based waterfowl and wetland conservation. Cwlaf will both directlylobby legislators, and urge members of the public to support o

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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 56; 56th 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: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.