Iowa Lakes Resource Conservation & Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311496657
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Storm Lake, IA, USA
- Phone
- 7123631533
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87
- Expenses
- $81,888
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAN HEISSEL (CHAIRPERSON)
- JOEL HORSLEY (VICE CHAIR)
- NICK SCHMALEN (EXEC BOARD M)
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
The mission of Iowa lakes rc&d is to address the natural and human resources to advance economic and social betterment of northwest Iowa. The rc&d program will help local people obtain and coordinate technical and financial assistance as needed from a variety of private, public, and governmental sources.rc&d assists communities and individuals in an eight county area of northwest Iowa. The Iowa lakes rc&d council provides a way for local people to plan and implement projects that will make their communities better places to live. They are part of the Iowa league of rc&ds, which represents all of the Iowa rc&d councils.
What it reported doing in 2016
Provides cultural resource/historic preservation assistance through a historic preservation consultant/architectural historian. Services include assistance with various types of historic preservation, and community and economic development projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -94,024.1%; rating input score 0; 0th 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: 99.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.