Sea Turtle Trackers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463922604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- St Pete Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8137664542
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protection of Endangered Species
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,331
- Expenses
- $61,587
- Assets
- $101,299
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Bruno Falkenstein (President)
- Joseph Widlansky (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Melinda McKenna (Treasurer)
- Bruno Falkenstein (President)
- Joseph Widlansky (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to protect nesting sea turtles, their nests, eggs and hatchlings; as well as respond to injured and deceased sea turtle strandings.
What it reported doing in 2023
To protect nesting sea turtles, their nests, eggs and hatchlings
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.