Spring Lake Nature Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922624554
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Williston, ND, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural History, Natural Science Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,024
Expenses
$28,190
Assets
$56,777
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elizabeth Lusht (President)

People named in this filing

  • Elizabeth Lusht (President)
  • Scott Meske (Board Secretary)
  • Katie Ogden-Miley (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Spring Lake nature Center is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to inspire curiosities stewardship and community engagement through hands-on learning experiences focused on the natural resources ecosystem history and environment of western North Dakota The organization develops and operates educational exhibits nature based programming festivals workshop field trips and community events related to soils agriculture paleontology wildlife geology pollinators energy conservation Prairie ecosystems programs are designed to serve children family schools in the general public promoting environmental education tourism outdoor recreation and appreciation for the regions natural heritage

What it reported doing in 2025

On July 26 2025 Spring Lake nature Center hosted the inaugural Roots and Wings Festival a free full-day community science and nature event at Spring Lake Park The festival drew more than 1000 attendees representing a 39 ZIP Codes across Western North Dakota eastern Montana and surrounding communities demonstrating strong regional reach for a first year event Programming included a microfossil citizen science project interactive exhibits on Prairie ecology geology soil science Bakken energy and conservation

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 61.4%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.