Service Education and Adventure

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800151150
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Langley, WA, USA
Phone
3603314811
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational, Technical Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,631
Expenses
$33,802
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA TALLEY (President)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA TALLEY (President)
  • CHAN YE (Treasurer)
  • LISA KOIS (Executive Dir.)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sea's primary purpose is to serve as a linkage between organizations to create exemplary community-based educational experiences for youth of all ages to protect and restore the environment of the puget sound region. Through strategic partnerships and programming, sea creates and supports real-world learning, hands-on citizen science and meaningful service. Participants engage deeply with the natural world and each other, cultivate community, and engage in meaningful service in and around puget sound and the greater salish sea.

What it reported doing in 2022

Calyx school program - this program is in its tenth year. In conjunction with south whidbey school district and the south whidbey state park, this program has served children directly through its year-round nature and service based training programs and indirectly through teacher trainings with a focus on learning in an outdoor environment.

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 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 34.6%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -91.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.4% of revenue deployed · 34.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.