Southwest Research Np

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834208051
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Moab, UT, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection of Endangered Species

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,738
Expenses
$97,738
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Hathaway (Vice President)
  • Dwight Chapman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Hathaway (Vice President)
  • Danny Kent (Field Technician)
  • David Steward (Field Technician)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To conduct Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species Recovery Projects. To conduct multi-year biological assessments for several species that may be affected or adversely affected by permits projects or other groundwork conducted on federal lands administered by the BLM Moab Field Office in the state of Utah Grand and San Juan County. Biological surveys consist of surveys habitat assessment surveys informal population presence surveys and nest monitoring principally for spotted owls.

What it reported doing in 2025

100% of the BLM contribution to this T&E species survey program will be allocated to labor costs budgeted at a 20% or better cost share with SWR NP inventory personnel. All supplies travel and indirect costs are factored into outing rates. 80% of the budget is apportioned for survey outings. The remaining 20% of the budget is apportioned to all administrative costs including all federal reporting requirements financial biological data and financial as well as other administrative responsibilities. SWR NP personnel cost share on this project will be ~26% match. The BLM direct cost to fund this project for 2022 is 89,485 of which this total was paid to subcontractors and to administrative tasks. Four subcontracted field biologists performed field work for the 2022 field season and were issued 1099s for pay received.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 100%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.