International Center for Community Land Trusts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843858933
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6083475687
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,345
Expenses
$348,645
Assets
$525,725
Liabilities
$15,214

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEERT DE PAUW (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA TORPY (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • GREG ROSENBERG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GREG ROSENBERG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,243 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support the advancement of education in regards to community land trusts, both in the united states and abroad, through book publication, support for academic research, and training for nonprofit practitioners, boards of directors, and community members. These educational efforts will inform, enhance, and support the work of community land trusts and other not-for-profit organizations so that they may better address the following goals: relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; lessening the burdens of government; lessening neighborhood tensions; eliminating prejudice and discrimination; defending human and civil rights secured by law; and combating community deterioration.

What it reported doing in 2025

The center for community land trust innovation is a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization established in 2019 to promote and to support community land trusts and similar strategies of community-led development on community-owned land in countries throughout the world.the center provides the following services: (a) collecting and curating historical materials documenting the origins and evolution of the worldwide clt movement; (b) conducting, cataloging, and disseminating academic and non-academic research; (c) producing case studies, directories, guides, and other educational materials; and (d) providing training, referral, and technical assistance for organizers and practitioners working with clts and similar strategies for the equitable and sustainable development of place-based communities.the center publishes books and monographs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 57.2%; rating input score 57
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,702.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 57.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $199K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.