Regional Science Consortium at Presque I
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030455278
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Erie, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8144903267
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $936,540
- Expenses
- $956,671
- Assets
- $939,731
- Liabilities
- $300,330
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOE ADSERIAS-GARRIGA (PRESIDENT)
- KELLY PEARCE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JEANETTE SCHNARS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JEANETTE SCHNARS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $129,557 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the rsc is to promote and enhance our knowledge and understanding of the lake erie and Ohio river basin ecosystems through research and education. The rsc accomplishes this by facilitating collaborations among researchers, k-12 educators, and the community, providing centralized facilities and equipment, exchanging of scientific information through conferences, courses, workshops, and other public events, offering educational opportunities for students, researchers, and teachers, advancing the understanding of watershed-related issues, and focusing on lake erie and the tri-state region.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization focuses on research projects and environmental education. Research projects work with regional state and county agencies on water quality issues, wetland restoration, and fisheries management providing information for better management of these natural resources. Education programming served 10 school districts and educated over 2,500 students on environmental issues and projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $812K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.