Conservation Connection Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830625542
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Columbus, GA, USA
Phone
2103109220
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,904
Expenses
$76,939
Assets
$34,682
Liabilities
$23,819

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brooks Ruder (President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Kathryn Meng Ruder (Secretary)
  • Brooks Ruder (President)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create opportunities for kids and young adults to learn how to care for our planet by bringing engaging educational programs to them wherever they are.

What it reported doing in 2023

Teacher training for teachers to apply standards based environmental curriculum for a summer camp. In-school STEAM-Based summer camp bringing the power of the natural world into the classroom. Programs geared toward elementary school students, putting them on the front-line of scientific discovery and environmental conservation. We wrote and led a 10 day camp for up to 75 students and 6 teachers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.2%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 10

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.2% of revenue deployed · 10.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.