Double Spiral Conservation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920945982
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Fuquay Varina, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9197405130
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,000
- Expenses
- $79,525
- Assets
- $32,993
- Liabilities
- $36
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brandon Conover (President, Director)
People named in this filing
- Richard Spangler (Director)
- Luke Perkins (Director)
- Brandon Conover (President, Director)
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
Double Spiral Conservation (DSC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting rhinoceroses and other endangered wildlife in Africa by empowering on-the-ground conservationists through technology, training, education, research, sustainability, and policy.
What it reported doing in 2025
Majete Wildlife Reserve K9 Anti-Poaching Program. In 2025, DSC executed its flagship Majete Wildlife Reserve K9 Anti-Poaching Program in partnership with local conservation authorities at Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, Africa. DSC procured two trained anti-poaching detection dogs from K9 Genesis, a specialized canine training firm in South Africa, and coordinated their transport and deployment to Majete. On-the-ground training, handling, and program management was performed by DSC's field consultants Sam Madalane and John King. The program also included multiple site visits by DSC leadership for program oversight, stakeholder engagement, and coordination with Malawian wildlife authorities. The K9 units are deployed to support ranger patrols and deter poaching activity targeting rhinoceroses and other endangered species within the reserve.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 27.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.