National Senior Conservation Corps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262128111
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Hamden, CT, USA
Phone
2034352872
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$650
Expenses
$4,237
Assets
$7,067
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT E LANE (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • HR MOODY (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN SCHOMAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM B ELLIS (DIRECTOR)
  • NEVA GOODWIN (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBERT E LANE (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enlist senior citizens in the national effort to conserve resources, reduce and recycle waste more efficiently, reduce carbon emissions, enhance the quality of air, water and soil, regulate purchases to advance these purposes, promote conservation in the communities where seniors live, and to educate members and others in the ecological exigencies of our time.to engage by these and related means to address concerns about global warming, to reduce american dependence on foreign oil and to make members' states healthier, safer and more beautiful.to provide assistance to governmental and not-for-profit organizations with purposes similar to, or with activities in the furtherance of, the purposes set forth herein above.to engage, subject limitation, in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the ct revised nonstock corporation act.

What it reported doing in 2017

The organization achieves its exempt purpose by providing publications and resources for seniors working to make their community more sustainable. Additional services include speakers, an informative website, member support, carbon footprint modeling and evaluation, and sustainability consulting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -551.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -50% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.