Sandy Springs Conservancy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043839633
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6783571174
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,207
- Expenses
- $97,652
- Assets
- $580,474
- Liabilities
- $2,582
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
People named in this filing
- JACK MISIURA (CHAIRMAN)
- MARK MOORE (VICE CHAIR)
- MARIAN MACLEOD-ELLIOT (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Build partnerships that create, conserve and connect parks and greenspace in sandy springs, Georgia. Our actions to further our mission connect people to nature and each other for enhanced physical and mental health. Our board of directors interacts with city officials and key staff, other like-minded nonprofit organizations (path, trust for public land), garden clubs, neighborhood groups and homeowners' associations, developers and property owners to ideate, identify and act on opportunities for new greenspace, civic spaces and trail connectivity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sandy springs conservancy creates: in 2024, the sandy springs conservancy allocated 20,000 to advance projects that will provide outdoor enjoyment for the community for years to come. Specific actions include: creating a construction grant for the springway trail investment in improvements at abernathy greenway south funding and mobilizing volunteer workers for garden renovations at the sandy springs library and other groups through micro grants ss conservancy continued steering the implementation of the sandy springs trail master plan. At year end segment 2a of the springway trail was close to completion. This segment will be a community catalyst for continued investment in and construction of our trail system. It is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2025. Focused involvement includes: community representative for chattahoochee riverlands focused on increasing access via trails and new parks to the chattahoochee river. Participation in creating old riverside park with natural amenities along the river. Allen road park from 3 to 4.5 acres to enhance walking trails and playing fields.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 7.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.94; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 26 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.