Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943146525
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Driggs, ID, USA
Phone
2083548939
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,489,283
Expenses
$4,884,434
Assets
$15,429,481
Liabilities
$246,696

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE MINCHER (PRESIDENT)
  • NED CORKRAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIMBERLEY TROTTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLEY TROTTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $133,816 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern Idaho for this and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2025

The teton regional land trust is dedicated to the conservation of land through the following activities:(1) the trlt completes conservation easements and the acquisition of fee owned properties that protect open space acreage and works with realtors and landowners to find conservation buyers for at-risk properties.(2) stewardship. The trlt monitors use on properties protected by easement, prepares baseline assessments to support future monitoring and protection of conservation values, and assists landowners in developing conservation programs.(3) conservation awareness and regional outreach. The trlt speaks to community groups about land conservation opportunities, and provides educational training regarding the greater yellowstone ecosystem's resources and the importance of it's protection.(4) teton basin trumpeter swan project: in 2013, the land trust teamed up with the Idaho department of fish and game, Wyoming wetlands society, the us fish and wildlife service, the trumpeter swan society, and a local family to release trumpeter swans onto a protected wetland in an attempt to establish breeding pairs and increased summer residency in teton valley.(5) greater yellowstone sandhill crane initiative: this project is securing and actively managing pre-migration staging habitat in teton valley in order to sustain the largest pre-migration staging population of sandhill cranes in the greater yellowstone ecosystem.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.16; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.