Improving Perennial Plants for Food & Bioenergy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203771717
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Logan, UT, USA
- Phone
- 4357526666
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $-7,632
- Expenses
- $3,736
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Funk (President)
People named in this filing
- Carol Jean Petersen (Secretary/Treas)
- Dr Thomas Molnar (Director)
- David Funk (President)
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
Develop superior perennial plants well suited for the climate and soils of the Intermountain West. More than 65 acres are planted to fruit and nut trees at 3 different test sites in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho.
What it reported doing in 2016
Develop superior perennial plants well suited for the climate and soils of the Intermountain West. More than 65 acres are planted to fruit and nut trees whose germplasm has been collected from around the world. Activities in 2015 included continuation of evaluating over 10,000 trees for winter hardiness in field site trials conducted at three different locations in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Evaluation of over 500 trees for bloom time and for fruit and nut quality. The project of developing a reliable inoculation and screening protocol for screening black walnut trees for resistance to thousand canker disease was also continued.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -149%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -70.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.