Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020515870
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Union, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6034732020
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $641,556
- Expenses
- $897,118
- Assets
- $4,161,589
- Liabilities
- $27,909
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JILLIAN ELDREDGE (Executive Dir.): $72,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the organization is to identify and conserve important natural resources and to educate the community about the importance of conservation through ongoing technical and family friendly programs throughout the year.
What it reported doing in 2024
MMRG reports increasing success in its events, volunteer engagement, community education, fundraising and conservation efforts. In 2024, MMRG continued an upward trend in individual giving to the organization, with double-digit percentage increases in funds raised for 6 consecutive years- bucking both state and national downward trends. In 2024, MMRG completed 5 land conservation projects for a total of 372 additional acres. The organization additionally hosted 30 events, engaging over 700 attendees and 77 volunteers.Despite this growth, MMRG is reporting year over year losses as reflected on its 990 statements. These are due to the structure and timing of the influx and outflow of expenses and grant awards related to active land acquisition projects, which span multiple financial years. Land project expenses are incurred and carried by the organization until project completion when grant awards are paid on a reimbursement basis. In 2024 our financial records reflect carrying costs on at least 5 significant active land projects which will not receive financial reimbursement until 2025. These projects were significant in size, including 2 purchases and 3 easements for a total of 556 combined acres.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -39.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.64; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $770K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.