Foresight Conservation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991662452
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hailey, ID, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,704,938
Expenses
$1,584,677
Assets
$157,101
Liabilities
$99,528

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICK PUTT (BOARD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CRYSTAL SIMONS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTORBOARD SECRETARY): $80,981 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Foresight turns protected lands into healthy lands because long-lasting restoraton and conservation impacts make landscapes and watersheds resilient; and resilient landscapes are valuable assets for the health and prosperity of people, plants and wildlife.

What it reported doing in 2025

Foresight conservation, inc advanced its mission to promote long lasting conservation impact on protected lands through collaboration with organizations, agencies, experts and landowners in 2025 through expanded partherships, increased field capacity, and diversified program offerings. During the reporting year, foresight provided a combined 4,475 direct hours of professional staffing support to assist with the acquisition and stewardship of private conservation lands. This work was carried out in collaboration with federal partner agencies in Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Washington, strengthening coordinated land protection impacts across multiple regions. Foresight also managed restoration and conservation activities on 3,804 acres of protected private lands spanning six states: Kansas, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Vermont. These projects contributed to habitat restoration, ecological resilience, and the long term viability of working and natural landscapes. In furtherance of its commitment to collaboration and lasting impact, foresight formalized a strategic partnership with the farmers land trust to support legacy farming initiatives and the viability of farmland. This collaboration enhances the organizations ability to align conservation outcomes with community-based agricultural stewardship. Additionally, foresight expanded its programming to include cultural resources and archaeology services, establishing new project capacity in Idaho. This program broadens the organizations impact by integrating cultural heritage preservation into land management and conservation planning efforts. Through these accomplishments, foresight conservation inc continues to strengthen its role as a trusted partner in advancing conservation outcomes nationwide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 180.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.