Center for the Environment

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660588276
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
St Thomas, VI, USA
Phone
3407757843
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$450
Expenses
$977
Assets
$150,699

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS K WHITE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUGLAS K WHITE (PRESIDENT)
  • BARRY DIVINE (DIRECTOR)
  • ELEANOR GIBNEY (VICEPRESIDET)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Environmental education

What it reported doing in 2015

The center for the environment continues it's public environmental education work with the distribution of its publication entitled "field guide to native trees and plants of east end, st john, u.s. Virgin islands", by horticultural and native plant expert, eleanor gibney. The center is continuing to rasie funds for the second edition by expanding it's distribution network on st john and st thomas. The publicatin is currently available in the visitors center bookstore of the virgin islands national park gift shop on st john and other locations throughout the islands. Additionaly, the center for the environment has conducted free tours of its demonstration solar electric (photovoltaic) power station and the endangered species machaoina woodburyana nature reserve on st john. The center is partnering with the non-profit friends of the virgin islands national parke to participate in earth day 2009 activities, including a solar electric car demonstration in cruz bay, st john.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.4%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 19

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -117.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 154.25; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.4% of revenue deployed · 18.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $182 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2015
  • 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.

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  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.