Elkhart Conservation Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
356041762
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Elkhart, IN, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,698
Expenses
$28,798
Assets
$290,709

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charles Taylor (President and Director)
  • Steve Schafer (Vice-President and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Charles Taylor (President and Director)
  • Steve Schafer (Vice-President and Director)
  • Terri Krause (Secretary and 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

To educate members and the public about soil water and natural resources including fish wildlife and native trees and plants.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Clubs brown trout hatchery is located on Cobus Creek. Activities include preparing the hatchery for the arrival of trout eggs from a Federal hatchery in Wyoming in December. The building and trout holding tanks are cleaned. All equipment and pumps are tested. All labor is performed by members. Training is given to new feeders who care for the trout. The trout are fed by members every day and dead fish are and debris are removed. In the Fall the trout are released into various locations along Cobus Creek and the Little Elkhart River. There are other local creeks that receive fish as well. The portion of Cobus Creek within the Club grounds is designated Catch and Release Only.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.09; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.