The Conservation Foundation of Jefferson County Iowa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421486092
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Fairfield, IA, USA
Phone
6414724421
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,853
Expenses
$87,746
Assets
$140,012

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CORY KLEHM (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CORY KLEHM (PRESIDENT)
  • GAVIN STEVER (VICE PRESIDE)
  • BRITTNEY TILLER (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

To fund the efforts of the jefferson county conservation board while they enhance and defend our natural resources for the benefit of our current and future citizens. By interpreting these resources and educating the community, they seek to instill a desire of stewardship for generations to come.

What it reported doing in 2025

The trails council's mission is to build, construct, and maintain a network of trails for public use and enjoyment, and to promote, inform, and educate the general public about the trail system. Current activities of the trails council includes an annual scavenger hunt, maintenance of the kiosks and signage along the fairfield loop trail, updating and distributing the fairfield loop trails map, and hosting volunteer work days, the trails council spends 25% of its time on each of these respective four activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.