Hummingbird Monitoring Network Hummingbird Conservation Networks
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201268815
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Patagonia, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5203496033
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Bird Sanctuary, Preserve
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,853
- Expenses
- $54,163
- Assets
- $6,839
- Liabilities
- $6,143
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Susan Wethington (Executive Director)
- Victoria Arellano-Pappas (President / Secretary)
People named in this filing
- Susan Wethington (Executive Director)
- Victoria Arellano-Pappas (President / Secretary)
- Tom Furgason (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Hummingbird Conservation Networks (HCNs) is the expanded non-profit organization built upon the Hummingbird Monitoring Network (HMN) foundation. Notably, HMN had focused its efforts on science-based monitoring and studying of hummingbird populations to obtain important information supporting the conservation of these magnificent creatures. However, to better realize our mission of "Maintaining hummingbird diversity and abundance throughout the Americas," we needed to integrate community-based conservation ideas into HMN's science-based beginning. We endeavor to offer services, resources, and opportunities to help communities across the hemisphere participate in and benefit from hummingbird conservation activities. Our vision is " Helping hummingbirds survive, reproduce, and thrive while human communities benefit economically, socially, and ecologically from their hummingbird conservation activities."
What it reported doing in 2024
RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: Dr. Sergio Diaz-Infante and Dra. Elsa Figueroa continued the research studying hummingbird/plant interactions and investigating conservation needs for a threatened hummingbird species in Nayarit. We completed work at a high-elevation and mid-elevation study site to understand how hummingbirds and their nectar plants vary across an elevational gradient. We continued working with the El Cuarenteño community with STEAM activities for primary - high school students and collecting seeds for future restoration efforts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
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: -203.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -86.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.