Kress Farm Garden Preserve
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562476514
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hillsboro, MO, USA
- Phone
- 6367892996
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $232,999
- Expenses
- $67,963
- Assets
- $2,111,066
- Liabilities
- $99
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carmelita Davidson (President)
- Jo Ferguson (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Glen Bristle (Director)
- Cathy McBride (Director)
- Nick Keifer (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational programs and tours to increase public awareness and knowledge about better gardening, conservation and wildlife activities and to promote farm, garden and community beautification using eco-friendly gardening and conservation methods while teaching the benefits of using native plantings. 300 middle school students visited Kress for classes taught by their teachers about how early man lived, STEM projects and visit to our museum containing items found in the cave shelters dating from 5500 BC to 3000 BC.
What it reported doing in 2024
Volunteers were able to continue to maintain our gardens, trails, composting and propagation of native plants. We have noticed a large increase in visitors to our hiking trails as more community members have become aware of our trails. We also increased our education to students who were being homeschooled. We can provide science, wildlife and conservation lessons.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 18
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.6%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $53.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 11.1%; rating input score 11; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 70.8%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.06; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.6% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 43/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 11/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.