Colony Land Trust Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205177116
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Fairhope, AL, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Land Resources Conservation
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $216,775
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- C O MCCAWLEY JR (TREASURER)
- MARCUS MCDOWELL (DIRECTOR)
- CHARLES LAKE (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule o
What it reported doing in 2022
Obtain donated land to be preserved for open spaces, parks, historical places, and watershed encroachments. This land to be maintained in perpetuity for public use.
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: 1
- Transparency & Controls: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 2
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 71.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 3 of 4 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2022
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.