Groundwork Anacostia River DC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270501821
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026505651
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$244,412
Expenses
$233,040
Assets
$61,734
Liabilities
$54,407

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Groundwork Anacostia River DC utilizes environmental restoration goals as a vehicle for community development to increase the capacity of residents and stakeholders to improve, care for and promote their local environment.

What it reported doing in 2012

Anacostia River Restoration: Restoration of the health of the Anacostia River and its watershed is a major focus of Groundwork Anacostia. Groundwork's strategy for achieving a fishable and swimmable Anacostia River is to work in and with the communities that border the Anacostia River in Washington, DC and Prince Georges County, Maryland, to empower the residents, businesses, and organizations who live, work, and play in these communities to become better stewards of the Anacostia watershed. Groundwork Anacostia works to achieve this through the following programs and projects. Bandalong Litter Traps - Maintenance of in-stream trash capturing devices that traps floatable trash and debris before it enters the Anacostia River. Maintenance teams remove, quantify and collect and report data from these traps weekly and monthly. Anacostia River Trash Booms - Groundwork has entered into a partnership agreement with the Earth Conservation Corps (ECC) to assist with the maintenance and management of 3 trash collection booms located in the Anacostia River. Anacostia Wetlands Awareness and Restoration Effort (AWARE) at Anacostia Park and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC - Groundwork assists Anacostia Watershed Society staff in wetland restoration activities, including removing old and establishing new goose exclosures, propagating native wetland plants, and re-vegetating riparian buffers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.88; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $208K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.