Neuse River Compliance Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161616441
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Clayton, NC, USA
Phone
9197968049
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,113
Expenses
$61,748
Assets
$359,206
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CHUCK SMITHWICK (CHAIR)
  • DAN WALL (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBERT KRUGER (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To ensure compliance with nitrogen limits

What it reported doing in 2024

The neuse river compliance association entered into an agreement with sauber water qua lity to provide water quality monitoring review management and assessment to maintain water quality in falls lake.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.8%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 23

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: 25.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.82; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.8% of revenue deployed · 22.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.