Holden Beach Turtle Watch Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562094388
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Supply, NC, USA
Phone
7045346896
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection of Endangered Species

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,860
Expenses
$40,995
Assets
$125,570

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN CIFELLI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN CIFELLI (PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA TAYLOR (SECRETARY)
  • LAURA HAGER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To monitor and protect the sea turtle population on holden beach, nc.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ride the beach daily from may thru october to find, protect, move (if necessary) and monitor the nests to insure that the maximum number of hatchlings reach the sea. Our rescue team responds to reports of injured turtles and transports them to the turtle hospital if necessary.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91

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: 33.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.