Friends of Cooper Island
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 753064314
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2069926710
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Biological & Life Sciences
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,652
- Expenses
- $130,440
- Assets
- $146,379
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- GEORGE DIVOKY (Director)
- KATIE MORRISON (Director)
- MELISSA MAGER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To compile, preserve, and distribute cooper island research for use by current and future researchers studying climate change and other arctic phenomena; to ensure the continuation of this unique and timely research; and to develop educational and public outreach programs for children and adults.
What it reported doing in 2024
Staffed and maintained research station on cooper island. Documented floral, faunal, littoral and climatological conditions. Maintained a pubically accessible website with photographs and field reports.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.