Jefferson County Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811417341
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Ranson, WV, USA
Phone
3045827064
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,607
Expenses
$77,166
Assets
$48,065
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christine Wimer (President)

People named in this filing

  • Christine Wimer (President)
  • Billie Garde (Treasurer)

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

Public Charity

What it reported doing in 2024

Promote effective and accountable environmental regulation to protect air quality, the human health and environment that rely on it, and reduce environmental injustice in Jefferson County and the surrounding area. We monitor, evaluate, comment on, and when indicated challenge PSD and and Title V Air permits considered by WVDEP. In 2024 this work included but was not limited to the following actions: Advocating for improved PSD permits and monitoring for Title V air permits for a new major air emission source; Continued an appeal of a PSD permit with the Air Quality board including an evidentiary hearing; Worked with citizens to monitor permitted sites and when indicated filed citizen complaints to the WVDEP requesting inspections of facilities; Published a newsletter informing the public of opportunities to engage in the permitting process; Retained experts to evaluate permit applications, disseminated this information to the public, and submitted technical public comment to the WVDEP.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 88.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.