Seabrook Island Natural History Group
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 570810383
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Johns Island, SC, USA
- Phone
- 9192702986
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,637
- Expenses
- $49,283
- Assets
- $4,183
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lynn Baker (President)
- Pat Short (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Lynn Baker (President)
- Pat Short (Vice President)
- Vivien Joklik (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of the Seabrook Island Natural History Group (SINHG) is to disseminate natural history and cultural history information about Charleston and the Low Country to its members through field trips and lectures. In addition, the Group provides the opportunity for members to informally share their experiences through special events. The group encourages education in their Johns Island community by providing grants to organizations focusing on education, the environment and local history.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Seabrook Island Natural History Group offers excursions to its members in the Spring and Fall of each year. The trips are chosen and organized to enhance members knowledge and experiences in the environmental, historical and cultural heritage of the area. The Organization also encourages education in the Johns Island community by funding local scholarship, environmental projects and other activities aligned with the Organization's purpose. In FY 2024 47 trips were taken by approximately 445 active member attendees.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 75.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.