Tallgrass Legacy Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954896084
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Americus, KS, USA
- Phone
- 6204435642
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,025
- Expenses
- $42,389
- Assets
- $61,805
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- Andrew Davis (Chairman/Board Member)
- Gwen Hoy (Vice Chairman/Board Member)
- Bob Brink (Board Member)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Education
What it reported doing in 2023
Young Rancher Program. 2 Ranch tours (131 attendees) management practices to eliminate invasive plants & trees. One Meeting (75 attendees) 5 speakers/guidance & experiences for ways to transition family ranch & business to next generation. One Workshop (12 attendees) Direct & consumer marketing farm-raised beef.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -60.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -47.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.