Jackson County Conservation League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237438939
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Lakefield, MN, USA
Phone
5078411353
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,735
Expenses
$22,377
Assets
$187,130
Liabilities
$101

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALBERT HENNING (PRESIDENT)
  • BRAD SIEVERT (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACOB OLSON (GAMBLING MANAGER): $7,200 total reported compensation
  • ALBERT HENNING (PRESIDENT): $1,000 total reported compensation
  • BRAD SIEVERT (VICE PRESIDENT): $1,000 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 promote and preserve outdoor recreational opportunities throughout jackson county, Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2025

Property Taxes, Insurance, Electricity, Advertising Thin Ice, Pontoon Repairs, Sign Repairs, Aerators were paid for by the Organization in their efforts to provide recreational opportunities throughout Jackson County, MN.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The strongest available result is that the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.2%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 39.7%; rating input score 40
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84%; rating input score 84; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.36; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -58.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -52.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.2% of revenue deployed · 39.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 25 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.