Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522377622
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Jackson, MS, USA
- Phone
- 6012138111
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $925,566
- Expenses
- $1,144,312
- Assets
- $1,036,005
- Liabilities
- $268,246
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CLARK GORDIN (EXECUTIVE DI): $93,750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote public awareness of game and fish conservation, educate the public regarding the protection and conservation of natural resources, and encourage the protection of wildlife and fish habitat through various programs and by providing supplemental financial support for various projects associated with the Mississippi department of wildlife, fisheries, and parks. Additional projects may include any of those which would serve to preserve and protect the natural resources of the state of Mississippi. The mission statement can be found on the foundation's website.
What it reported doing in 2024
Wildlife and fisheries - consists of multiple programs which have been designed and implemented in order to further the organization's mission. Following are some of the organization's current programs: (1)"black bear project" which funds the purchase of radio telemetry equipment and fly-over air time in order to track the movement and population of black bears; (2)purchase of surveillance equipment to detect and apprehend persons involved in illegal wildlife activity; (3)fishing rodeos for youth, the elderly and handicapped persons; (4)sponsorship of a "range partners" program designed to introduce newcomers to shooting and firearm safety using professional instructors; (5)providing funds to state wildlife management areas for waterfowl property enhancements consisting of culverts, levees and water diversion; (6)monitoring of the red creek conservation easement; (7)publication of the "Mississippi outdoors" magazine; (8)assistance to landowners with "burn" programs for longleaf pine restoration.
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 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 57.8%; rating input score 58
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 57.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $661K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.