Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452506066
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Roswell, GA, USA
Phone
7724861051
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$167,118
Expenses
$169,258
Assets
$132,953
Liabilities
$86,301

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ray Carthy (President)
  • Paul Jobsis (President-Elect, VP)
  • Dean Bagley (Vice President)
  • Kim Sonderman (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Ray Carthy (President)
  • Paul Jobsis (President-Elect, VP)
  • Meghan Koperski (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

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What it reported doing in 2024

SERSTN Program Service - supports A biennial conference for sea turtle scientists and citizen scientists providing workshops, oral and poster presentations, and social events to share research about sea turtles in the Southeast.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 79

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: -1.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 78.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.