Southern Forest Research Partnership Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 830357629
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Monroe, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7065423098
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,945
- Expenses
- $70,943
- Assets
- $14,632
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote scienctific research to improve forest resources.
What it reported doing in 2010
The sfrp is formed to advance the public interest by providing direction and support for scientific research to improve the health, productivity and sustainability of forest resources in the southern united states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 61
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -173.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.