Conservation of African Nature Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 872284043
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2023–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location: Concord, MA, USA
Phone: 6178211090
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Land Resources Conservation

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,500
Expenses: $2,719
Assets: $48,777
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

STEPHEN DEVINCENT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

STEPHEN DEVINCENT (PRESIDENT)
MARC GROSS (SECRETARY)
JESPER STAGEGAARD (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization is dedicated to ensuring that the extraordinary wildlife and the natural, cultural, and other resources of africa can be protected, preserved, and enhanced for many generations to come. The organization supports programs and projects that work to accomplish these goals. During 2025, the organization made a grant towards this purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 83
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 47
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 55.2%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -81.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.94; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -96.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 55.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.