Neotropical Grassland Conservancy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680465697
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9162075784
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $146,974
- Expenses
- $69,653
- Assets
- $442,856
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gary M Langham (President and Co-chair Memorial Grant Program)
People named in this filing
- Gary M Langham (President and Co-chair Memorial Grant Program)
- Kathleen M Langham (Secretary)
- Mary Anne Smith (Treasurer)
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
To support Latin American university professors and graduate students who study the various ecosystems of the Neotropical grasslands through research projects designed to enhance scientific knowledge, and to promote conservation through community outreach and education. Support includes cash grants and research equipment.
What it reported doing in 2025
Grants awarded to 32 graduate students to fund science research of various Neotropical grassland ecosystems; projects are designed to enhance scientific knowledge and to promote conservation through community outreach and education. $41,948
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.4%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.36; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.4% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 48/100.