Congaree Riverkeeper Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264193711
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8037603357
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,116
- Expenses
- $107,246
- Assets
- $170,914
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BILL STANGLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- BILL STANGLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BARRY BEASLEY (CHAIR)
- REGAN NORRIS (VICE CHAIR)
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
Congaree riverkeeper is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation affiliated with the waterkeeper alliance, a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect rivers and coasts all over the world. The waterkeeper alliance granted our application to become an affiliated riverkeeper on december 13, 2008. We formed a non-profit corporation on january 22, 2009. The IRS granted our tax-exempt status on october 16, 2009.
What it reported doing in 2024
Congaree riverkeeper's advocacy efforts cover three different rivers in the midlands of South Carolina and their tributaries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.