Center for Sustainable Coast

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582323174
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Saint Simons Island, GA, USA
Phone
9125065088
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,706
Expenses
$124,003
Assets
$99,318

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dorset Hurley (Vice President)
  • Alan Bailey (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Steve WIllis (Director)
  • David Kyler (Executive Dir.)
  • Jim Reichard (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Advocating responsible decisions that sustain the environment and qaulity of life in coastal Georgia. This includes supporting the enforcement of environmental regulations, conservation of natural resources, improved efficiency and accountability of economic activities and addressing the causes and impacts of climate change.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promoted reduction of greenhouse gases that are the cause of climate change disruption that result in rising sea-level and increased flooding that threatens coastal Georgia. Hosted several public events that raised awareness about these issues and strengthened support for appropriate action by local, state, and federal government. Drafted and coordinated support for a resolution for action in support of implementing 100 clean energy in the City of Savannah, Georgia by 2035. Participated in collaborative meetings and co-hosted several public events on these issues

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.