Grassland Heritage Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510187885
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Shawnee Mission, KS, USA
Phone
9138564784
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,412
Expenses
$50,796
Assets
$600,965
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN HOLCOLMB (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MIKE CAMPBELL (SECRETARY)
  • SUSAN HOLCOLMB (PRESIDENT)
  • ROXIE MCGEE (VICE PRESIDE)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation promotes the value of tallgrass prairies

What it reported doing in 2022

Promotion of the value of tallgrass prairies

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.9%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • 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: 20%; rating input score 20; 18th 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: 36%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.83; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.9% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2022
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 20/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.