Indiantown Citrus Growers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 650764275
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7724613815
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Local Benevolent Life Insurance Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $228,325
- Expenses
- $325,254
- Assets
- $1,461,221
- Liabilities
- $80,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANIEL DESHIELDS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DANIEL DESHIELDS (PRESIDENT): $6,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Indiantown citrus growers association maintains a water control district for it's members. The members total 17 seperate entities that own approximately 1,869 acres in the association. One other entity that is a non member receives a benefit from the water control and pays an outside member fee. For 2024 the annual assessment was 75.00/acre for members and 37.50/acre for non members. At an annual meeting the members elect officers to serve for a year and each year the members ratify the action of the officers for the previous year. The form 990 is available upon request at the annual meeting each year. All invoicing and collection of member fees are done by a bookkeeping service for the district and all invoices are paid by the president of the association. In 2013, 146 acres (aka alderman farms preserve llc) was annexed by the district. The alderman tract agreed to pay 75,000 over three annual installments for the annexation. The first installment was received 1/21/2013. The second in
What it reported doing in 2024
Maintenance of water control structures for 2,112 acres in indiantown, fl for 17 members and one non member.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 95% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -42.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.49; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.