Coalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320352363
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Talkeetna, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9077335400
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $334,038
- Expenses
- $294,572
- Assets
- $375,622
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melissa Heuer (Executive Director 1/1/24-7/31/24)
- Anne Coady (Executive Director 8/1/24-12/31/24)
- Mike Wood (President)
- Laura Wright (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Melissa Heuer (Executive Director 1/1/24-7/31/24): $96,688 total reported compensation
- Anne Coady (Executive Director 8/1/24-12/31/24): $31,816 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Susitna River Coalition (SRC) is an Alaska-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to protect the Susitna River watershed, including its ecosystems, fish habitats, and communities. SRCs mission is to help ensure the long-term health and resilience of the regions natural resources for current and future generations. Through education and community engagement, the organization works with local partners and residents to support practices and initiatives that maintain the watersheds ecological and cultural values.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Susitna River Coalitions (SRC) three largest program services include stewardship, community outreach, and education. SRC raises awareness about conservation issues affecting the Susitna River watershed through partnerships and collaborations with local stakeholders. The organization also hosts events and distributes educational materials to support a healthy watershed. SRC engages in efforts to protect and support community-based conservation initiatives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 43.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $271K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.