Seney Natural History Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382762381
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Curtis, MI, USA
Phone
9065869851
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,218
Expenses
$14,037
Assets
$277,309
Liabilities
$17,700

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BILL MACLACHLAN (PRESIDENT)
  • RON ANNELIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BILL MACLACHLAN (PRESIDENT)
  • RON ANNELIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • MARILYN ZICK (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote a better understanding and appreciation of nature

What it reported doing in 2024

Visitor center and general refuge support

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.3%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 74.1%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.76; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.