Pilot Hill Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364963034
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Laramie, WY, USA
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,025,819
- Expenses
- $320,070
- Assets
- $2,366,573
- Liabilities
- $115,815
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
People named in this filing
- WENDY BERELSON (BOARD MEMBER)
- LEAH BURGESS (VICE CHAIR)
- CHARLIE DEWOLF (CHAIR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The non-profit pilot hill inc. Board of directors will serve as the governing body to oversee all the pilot hill land. The pilot hill recreation area will be managed similarly to a state or county park with a primary focus on public, non-motorized recreation. The pilot hill wildlife habitat management area will be managed in partnership with the Wyoming game and fish department with a primary focus on crucial wildlife habitat needs. Details on the management goals are outlined in the pilot hill land use plan. This plan was developed with guidance by project partners including laramie rivers conservation district, Wyoming game & fish department, Wyoming state parks, us forest service, the city of laramie and albany county among others, and was based on extensive engagement with the public regarding the collective community vision for the area. A firm that specializes in open space planning was hired to facilitate the process and provide financial estimates, a trails concept plan, and th
What it reported doing in 2025
Pilot hill, inc is a community driven effort to turn a dream into reality. In july 2020, through a collaborative effort by albany county citizens, the university of Wyoming, and the Wyoming office of state lands and investments, thousands of acres of private land on pilot hill were preserved. These acres, immediately adjacent to laramie, create a unique community resource on pilot hill that prevents future development in this area, protects the casper aquifer, and conserves wildlife habitat. Pilot hill also supports public access to open spaces for recreational and educational opportunities. In 2024 the organization completed 8 miles of trail and repaired and replaced perimter fencing and gates.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 25.7%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 68.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.39; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 25.7% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $230K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.