Grassroots Wildlife Conservation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461605213
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Concord, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6175384914
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $198,352
- Expenses
- $197,207
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRYAN WINDMILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ERIC BAITCHMAN (PRESIDENT AND CHAIR)
People named in this filing
- BRYAN WINDMILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KRISTEN SCOPINICH (TREASURER)
- SUSAN OMAN (CLERK)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Engage the public in hands-on efforts to protect local populations of wild animal and plant species.
What it reported doing in 2016
Education program: provided classroom sessions and field trips to over 1,000 students (grades k-12), on topics of natural history and rare species conservation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% 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 available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 66.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $131K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.