Conservation Leaders Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911813310
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Port Orford, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5413661117
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,724
- Expenses
- $102,552
- Assets
- $16,853
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary purpose of the conservation leaders network is to work with county commissioners to protect america's natural resources. The organization was founded by a former county commissioner in 1996.
What it reported doing in 2011
We continued to organize county officials to advocate for clean water nationally. We generated letters from county officials in a successful initiative to urge the Obama Administration to initiate the clean water guidance process and then gathered letters from county commissioners expressing support of clean water during the EPA's public comment period. We hosted "Local Officials for Clean Water" receptions during the National Association of Counties' Legislative Conference in Washington DC in March and Annual Conference in Portland OR in July. We initiated a clean water email alert to keep county officials members abreast of progress at the national level.We continued to work on marine conservation. We advocated to protect gray whales from wave energy facilities in Oregon. We also solicited letters in support of ecosystem based management from coastal officials in WA, OR and CA for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council.We worked on renewable energy on federal lands, generating letters to the Department of Interior regarding solar development on BLM lands. We brought our "Conservation Makes Sense" booth to the National Association of Counties' Annual Conference in Portland OR. We also worked with pro-environment members of the National Association of Counties Public Lands and Environment, Energy and Land Use Committees. One accomplishment was helping to get a "Good Samaritan" resolution passed unanimously through both committees, which supports allowing volunteer efforts to clean up abandoned mines. We hosted "Local Officials for Clean Water" receptions with the National Wildlife Federation in March and Oregon Wild in July.Our newsletter, "Networker", went from quarterly to monthly publication; we provided members with notices of funding opportunities for counties.
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
- 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -41.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.