Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383097586
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Grosse Ile, MI, USA
Phone
7347789368
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,195
Expenses
$66,592
Assets
$4,890,533
Liabilities
$875

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL GLOOR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL GLOOR (PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE KOBILJAK (VICE PRESIDE)
  • WILLIAM NACHTRAB (TREASURER)

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

Conservation education and acquisition maintenance and protection of natural resources principally, but not exclusively, in the township of grosse ile.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grosse ile airport nature preserve - in 1969, the grosse ile naval air station was closed. For the 50 years that it operated, the navy used an area next to the airport as a dump. That area is now known as the grosse ile airport nature preserve. While the epa confirmed the area was not contaminated, the area is littered with machinery, tires, engines and waste from the naval air base. Conservancy volunteers cleaned up the wetlands and forest areas, reestablished the trail system, protected trees from beaver damage, installed educational signs and refurbished an observation platform. The conservancy worked with the airport commission and in 2023 the grosse ile airport nature preserve opened to the public from dawn to dusk every day.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.6%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 55.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 73.44; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.6% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.