Ridgetop Lakes Conservancy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824699665
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Wurtsboro, NY, USA
Phone
2039790521
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,365
Expenses
$698
Assets
$168,927

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT ROGERS (President)
  • MADELINE BOYD (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT ROGERS (President)
  • JOAN O'KEEFE (Treasurer)
  • MADELINE BOYD (Vice President)

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

The Mission of the Ridgetop Lakes Conservancy is to protect and preserve the natural environment of the Shawangunk and Mount Prosper ridge tops and surrounding areas by land acquisition and by promoting conservation through educational programs and seminars.

What it reported doing in 2025

Probono legal consultation for environmental impact of proposed zoning change. $5,000

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 242.02; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $500 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 0/100.