Indiana Land Protection Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352065591
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5708542337
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $176,095
- Expenses
- $245,213
- Assets
- $114,061
- Liabilities
- $1,108
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Julie Borgmann (President)
- Ben Miller (Vice President)
- Andrea Huntington (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Stacy Cachules (Treasurer)
- Alysa Morley (Director)
- Julie Borgmann (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
ILPA increases the pace and quality of land protection in Indiana by enhancing the capacity of Indiana's land conservation community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Indiana Land Protection Alliance (ILPA) is a vibrant, nonpartisan network of land trusts, conservation partners, and community members. We champion the protection of Indianas land and water by uniting, empowering, and elevating the states land conservation community.In 2024, ILPA completed a year-long strategic planning process and delivered a full slate of in-person and online programming. We hosted our inaugural Winter Conference and Reception, a three-day stewardship gathering, a chainsaw safety training, an outreach and fundraising conference, and multiple online peer groups sessions. To support and elevate the work of our members, we connected professional photographers with land trusts and provided stipends for high-quality images from across the state.We offered professional development stipends to help land trust staff strengthen their skills and training, and we partnered with the Indiana Academy of Science to award small bioinventory grants to nonprofit conservation organizations and agencies. We co-hosted the 3rd Annual October Big Day with Indiana Audubon, engaged the Conservation Law Center for legal research, and created opportunities for land trusts to connect with elected officials and advocate for Indianas natural places.Throughout the year, we also prioritized building new partnerships and collaborations to advance our mission and expand the reach and impact of land conservation in Indiana.
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
- 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: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
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: -39.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $211K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.