Highlander's for Responsible Development Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470958632
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Monterey, VA, USA
Phone
5404682769
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,279
Expenses
$130,805
Assets
$87,428

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEWIS FREEMAN (President)
  • NORM BELL (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • LEWIS FREEMAN (President)
  • NORM BELL (Vice President)
  • LINDA HOLMAN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Preservation of natural resources and cultural heritage through educational and scientific means

What it reported doing in 2016

Sponsored the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, a group dedicated to monitoring the environmental impact, particularly on water quality, of the proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline; educating approx. 150,000 citizens about the impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99

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: 17.4%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.7% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $129K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.