Jacobs Creek Watershed Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251831326
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Scottdale, PA, USA
Phone
7246132592
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,814
Expenses
$162,624
Assets
$69,808
Liabilities
$8,538

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nicole Seese (President)
  • Michael Barrick (Vice President)
  • Denise Wilkins (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Seese (President)
  • Michael Barrick (Vice President)
  • Doug Coffman (Secretary)

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

Conservation of Jacobs Creek Watershed

What it reported doing in 2024

To promote the conservation of the Jacobs Creek Watershedthrough education, scientific research, securing of funding forconservation projects and support of conservation programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 69.8%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 69.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $114K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.