Eagles Mere Conservancy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232162667
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Eagles Mere, PA, USA
Phone
5705253385
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$266,973
Expenses
$113,140
Assets
$3,882,878
Liabilities
$578

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORI FAETH (PRESIDENT)
  • JIM MOYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LORI FAETH (PRESIDENT)
  • JIM MOYER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID STOEFFEL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the corporation shall be to preserve natural resources through land acquisition for water, soil conservation, wildlife sancturary and refuge and preservation

What it reported doing in 2025

Education-Provides adult and child oriented information that teaches, enlightens and entertains the community of Eagles Mere in various aspects of the surrounding environment. Specifically, the childrens program involves hands-on sessions in the field, workshops and story-telling activities to expose children to forest, animals, insects and water elements of the area. Evening programs designed for adults focus on specific topics (natual gas, insect, invasion, urgan forestry) to increase awareness, understanding and in some cases a call to action to address critical issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 34.32; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.