Placer Nature Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 412061308
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Auburn, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5308786053
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,679
- Expenses
- $78,891
- Assets
- $51,553
- Liabilities
- $3,509
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kathy Davidson (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Mary Weeks (Chairman)
- Chelsea Brumfield (Director)
- Donna Vetromile (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational
What it reported doing in 2023
Other programs and services that the Nature Center offered include Hiking Trails and Exhibits - the Nature Center includes a 1-mile nature walking trail through oak woodland. the Center's 5-acre preserve is home to various species of wildlife. Educational exhibits include the Watershed Learning Center, Changing Lands exhibit, the Discovery Room which includes a view inside a live beehive, and a garden containing ornamental and native plants and a composting center. Off-site Programs - docents visit schools to deliver classes and activities, including science literacy programs for young children, and programs in habitat and environmental science for school-age children. Virtual Learning Programs - The Nature Center has lesson plans, video programs, and video nature hikes available on the Center's website to allow parents and teachers to share our curriculum with children at home. Lesson plans include Maidu (Native American) studies, geology, ecology, birds and bugs, habitat, animal signs and tracks, life cylces, and more.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 57.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.