St Joseph River Watershed Initiative Partnership Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352061535
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Phone
- 2604902860
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,282
- Expenses
- $61,877
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- DOUG FASICK CEM (EXECUTIVE DI)
- DANIEL EASTERDAY (VP)
- JON T RONDOT (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
To improve water quality in the st. Joseph river watershed by promoting economically and environmentally compatible land uses and practices.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educational programs were conducted to educate the public and landowners throughout the watershed about the sources of and ways to address water pollution coming from point and non-point sources. These events included: 1.water quality database demonstration and staffed educational display at health fair event in fort wayne, in 2.flow the st. Joe - canoe and kayak trip with 22 participants held in association with the leo-cedarville freedom fest 3.board meetings were held in five communities within the watershed with local officials invited to participate. 4.annual meeting and education event held in allen county, in in addition, three existing educational brochures were updated and republished, the initiative's website and social media presence were kept updated, and informational display materials were updated.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and 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: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -280%; rating input score 4; 4th 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: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 45.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.