Friends of Dugas Community Park Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811539182
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Scottsville, KY, USA
Phone
2706224029
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,840,135
Expenses
$450,552
Assets
$19,164,123
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANET JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KERRI BARMAN (VICE PRESIDE)
  • SHANE BLANKENSHIP (DIRECTOR)
  • JEREMY BYRN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is committed to preserving and protecting dugas community park and dumont hill park while providing educational and recreational opportunities for the region. In partnership with western Kentucky university and the college heights foundation, the park will work with learners ranging from pre-k to adults to provide varied and meaningful learning experiences. The park will encompass roughly 320 acres and offer numerous amenities to the public including walking/hiking trails, amphitheater, farmers market, tree house village, horseback riding trails and stable, and mountain biking trails. These experiences will be intertwined with civil war heritage, natural conservancy, health and wellness, as well as agricultural uses to become a one-of-a-kind rural heritage park.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization is committed to preserving and protecting dugas community park and dumont hill park while providing educational and recreational opportunities for the region. In partnership with western Kentucky university and the college heights foundation, the park will work with learners ranging from pre-k to adults to provide varied and meaningful learning experiences. The park will encompass roughly 320 acres and offer numerous amenities to the public including walking/hiking rails, amphitheater, farmers market, tree house village, horseback riding trails and stable, and mountain biking trails. These experiences will be intertwined with civil war heritage, natural conservancy, health and wellness, as well as agricultural uses to become a one-of-a-kind rural heritage park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 99
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.1%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $362.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

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 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 96.7%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 42.53; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.1% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $386K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.