Grayson Landcare
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161773056
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Independence, VA, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rural Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $140,137
- Expenses
- $142,761
- Assets
- $212,801
- Liabilities
- $1,471
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Jenkins (President)
- Casey Johnson (Vice President)
- Kathy Cole (Past President)
- Michelle Pridgen (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Michael Jenkins (President)
- Casey Johnson (Vice President)
- Ann Watson (Secretary)
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
Grayson LandCare is a member driven non-profit that enhances the triple bottom line of Community economy and environment in Grayson County through the strength of its membership and the diversity of its projects.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other projects of Grayson LandCare include 1 The Permaculture project hosted 3 workshops for the community at large built a 50 x 4 dry stone wall for the teaching terrace and other endeavors using 700 volunteer hours. 2 The Tractor Garden project planted nearly 500 trees and shrubs at Town Park with the Permaculture group and other volunteers. 3 The Grayson County Seed Library hosted a seeding saving workshop and packed and distributed over 300 seed packets. 4 School Garden - 80 4th and 5th graders participated twice a month during class time and planted harvested and tasted herbs vegetables and edible flowers and lessons were integrated to meet the SOL standards. 5th grade students won 1st place in the Grayson County Fair with tomatoes and potatoes and Best in Show with sunflowers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81
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: -1.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $115K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.