Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953805569
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lancaster, CA, USA
Phone
6612563314
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,288
Expenses
$34,836
Assets
$279,402
Liabilities
$121

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margaret Rhyne (President)
  • Janet Winters (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Margaret Rhyne (President)
  • Bob Waidner (Director)
  • Lynn DuPratt (Secretary)

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 support activities in 5 California State Parks

What it reported doing in 2025

Contingency Fund for State Aides - Donated monies to park contingency fund for Poppy Preserve and Saddleback Butte. Funds are to be used hire/employ state park aides for the visitors centers there.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.9%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.9% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 14 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.