Original Kaskaskia Area Wilderness Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364149908
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Okawville, IL, USA
Phone
6188246348
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$849
Expenses
$661
Assets
$10,902
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Doane Borrenpohl (President)

People named in this filing

  • Doane Borrenpohl (President)
  • Jennifer Malacarne (Secretary)
  • Carol Lieb (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

OKAWs purpose is conservation of natural resources of the Kaskaskia Watershed between Carlyle Lake and Fayetteville, including the five major creeks, Shoal, Sugar, Crooked, Little Crooked, and Elkhorn, while continuing private ownership.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership meeting featuring following presenters. In honor of the 30th Anniversary of OKAW, founding members Doane Borrenpohl and Larry Hasheider gave a presentation on The First 30 Years of OKAW. Illinois State Representative Charlie Meier presented a Legislative Review, and representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers presented Managing the Lakes and Rivers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 64%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.49; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 64% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $423 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.