North Delta Conservancy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680258249
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Walnut Grove, CA, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$118,358
Expenses
$107,411
Assets
$183,280

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT JONES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT JONES (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK VAN LOBEN SELS (DIRECTOR)
  • RICH NIELSEN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To preserve, sustain and enhance the cultural, agricultural, recreational, wildlife and natural habitat resources of the sacramento river delta region.

What it reported doing in 2025

Note 1-egg rescue program- organizes local farmers and volunteers to collect abandoned waterfowl eggs. The eggs are taken to an incubation site. North delta conservancy has successfully incubated, raised, banded and released nearly 8,000 wild ducks back into the pacific flyway. Note 2-educational outreach- educate students by publishing an informational coloring book geard toward the young. Inform the adults of the sacramento river delta region by publishing a periodic newsletter. The publications develop a connection with and inform the community of the efforts to balance the needs of the community and the need for conservation. Each year an essay contest is held and scholarships awarded to students at delta high school. Note 3-habitat conservation- north delta conservancy has signed habitat conservation leases on approximately 162 acres of private porperty voluntarily taken out of production by land owners for habitat purposes. The owners are paid 100-125 per acre to flood at least 50% of the property and plant seed and cover crops on the balance for nesting opportunities and feed sources. The property must be flooded from november through april. In most cases the land is not farmable. Note 4- wood duck nesting project- additional nest boxes were put up to provide a place to nest.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.