Friends of the Forest Preserve

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 141743681
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location: Schenectady, NY, USA
Phone: 5182818977
Rating: 88
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $108,999
Expenses: $150,816
Assets: $129,026

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

KEN RIMANY (PARTNER)
DAVID GIBSON (MANAGING PAR)
TERRY JANDREAU (CHAIR/TREASU)

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

The mission of adirondack wild: friends of the forest preserve, is to advance New York's 'forever wild' legacy and forest preserve policies in the adirondack and catskill parks, and promote public and private land stewardship that is consistent with wild land values through education, advocacy and research.

What it reported doing in 2024

To advance New York's 'forever wild' legacy and forest preserve policies on the adirondack and castkill parks and promote public and private land stewardship that is consistent with wild land values through education, advocacy and research.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 98% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 95
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 18
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86

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: -38.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $130K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.