Maine Association of Conservation Districts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222503739
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Portland, ME, USA
Phone
2073291399
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$192,385
Expenses
$174,248
Assets
$104,632
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Reed (President)
  • Stephen Follette (Vice President)
  • Carol Weymouth (Executive Director (contracted))

People named in this filing

  • Howard Dupee (Treasurer)
  • Andrew Reed (President)
  • Mark Hedrich (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Soil and water conservation

What it reported doing in 2025

Assist Maine's 16 Soil & Water Conservation Districts with program delivery, training, and research; conduct public events; provide staff and board training; conduct regional and national collaboration on soil and water conservation policy and programs

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $174K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.