Conch Foundation of the Upper Keys Inc Dba Conch Scramble

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 263648091
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2017–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Islamorada, FL, USA
Phone: 3053932725
Rating: 51
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $103,895
Expenses: $108,005
Assets: $2,980

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

SAMANTHA ARCE (President)

People named in this filing

SAMANTHA ARCE (President)
TRINITY VAN STEENSBERG (Treasurer)

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

To provide grants to other upper keys nonprofit organizations in an effort to enrich the quality of individual, family, and community life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided grants to other upper keys nonprofit organizations.

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

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: 31
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 20
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 31.7%; rating input score 32
Program expense ratio: 30.5%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 31.7% of revenue deployed · 30.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.