First People's Conservation Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383892179
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Chauvin, LA, USA
- Phone
- 9857207128
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,455
- Expenses
- $238,113
- Assets
- $144,549
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- MARY KATIE DEHART (TREASURER): $40,665 total reported compensation
- MINDY DINET (RESEARCH COO): $39,900 total reported compensation
- SHIRELL PARFAIT-DARDAR (BOARD MEMBER): $21,150 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The first peoples conservation council (fpcc) of Louisiana is an association formed to provide a forum for native american tribes in coastal Louisiana to identify and solve natural resource issues on their tribal lands.
What it reported doing in 2025
F.p.c.c. Workshopannually, first people's conservation council hosts this workshop attended by six (6) Louisiana tribal communities and at least 1 or more visiting members from other tribal nations. We gather in fellowship and solidarity as tribal peoples. The workshop is attended by tribal members ranging from elders to youths, and every age in between. We acknowledge that we are part of and must live and navigate in the much larger world around us; (a world that often is unaccepting of our resistance to become assimilated into the larger generic populous) however, our way is not to separate ourselves to the exclusion of all others, but to celebrate who we are, as the first peoples of the land. We come together in respect of the earth and honoring the wisdoms of our ancestors. At this workshop we discuss local community issues and global issues as well; working for three days to find solutions. Here, we create tribal artworks (hiding, painting, weaving, beading). We drum and sing and dance, all these activities are fun, but the larger goals are being achievedwe are teaching our young to appreciate their culture and embrace their heritage two things very necessary to the viability and longevity of our tribes. Last, but in no way least, food there is always good food
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 56.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $235K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.