Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742924909
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Phone
3613360304
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,571,252
Expenses
$10,145,335
Assets
$40,343,589
Liabilities
$3,388,050

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALICIA MATUS (PRESIDENT)
  • JOE CHRISTINA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIERSTEN STANZEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIERSTEN STANZEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $151,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the Texas coastal bend. Coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and enhancing their roles as a recreational resource, international seaport, and habitat for fish and wildlife.

What it reported doing in 2024

The u.s. Environmental protection agency's (epa) national estuary program was established by congress in 1987 to improve the quality of estuaries of national importance. The clean water act section 320 directs epa to develop plans for attaining and maintaining water quality in an estuary. This includes protection of public water supplies and protection and propogation of a balance indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife that allows recreational activities, in and on water, requires that control of point and nonpoint sources of pollution to supplement existing controls of pollution. In several cases, more than one state is participating in a national estuary program. Each program establishes a comprehensive conservation and management plan to meet the goals of section 320. To assist the state of Texas in the efforts of promoting judicious use and maximum conservation and protection of the quality of the state's waters, section 604 (b) of the federal clean water act (cwa), as amended, authorizes epa to fund water quality management planning activities. Under the fiscal year 2017 604(b) Texas commission on environmental quality (tceq) work plan, the water quality planning division staff of tceq will administer the grant and manage the water quality contracts with regional planning agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.98; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.7M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.