Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237253530
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bishop, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7608721220
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,448,747
- Expenses
- $1,512,321
- Assets
- $759,453
- Liabilities
- $392,590
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID GABRIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID GABRIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $101,974 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Eastern sierra interpretive association (organization) was incorporated a nonprofit organization in 1971. The mission is to assist in the educational, historical, scenic, and interpretive activities of the united states department of agriculture's national forestry service and the united states department of the interior-bureau of land management, which is achieved through the operation of quality bookstores and the development, publishing, and selling of interpretive material. Our mission is to educate and inspire people about eastern sierra public lands through high quality interpretive products, exhibits and programs. Through our interpretive work, we will create strong emotional and intellectual connections between people and the public lands of the eastern sierra, motivate people to protect and preserve this region through effective stewardship, responsible behavior and personal investment.our values: support and work closely with our public agency and non-profit partners.
What it reported doing in 2024
To operate outstanding bookstores, cooperate with public land management partners, to operate successful visitor centers, and provide high quality interpretive programs, exhibits and publications throughout the eastern sierra. The organization does this to educate and inspire people about this region, to encourage them to get to know the area better and to enable everyone to be effective stewards of these resources.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.