Coastal Plains Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592531039
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Crawfordville, FL, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,074
Expenses
$140,268
Assets
$199,278
Liabilities
$4,098

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ryan Means (President)

People named in this filing

  • Wilson Baker (Trustee)
  • Ryan Means (President)
  • Tom Ostertag (Trustee)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Preservation of biotic diversity; education and research

What it reported doing in 2024

Preserve biodiversity of the coastal plain of SE US by disseminating knowledge and understanding of the natural history ecology and environment through education and scientific studies uplands class education programs and biodiversity tours; preservation of native species.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.