The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232817418
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Avondale, PA, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,940,633
Expenses
$184,879
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JONATHAN JORDAN (TRUSTEE)
  • SCOTT SCHWARTZ (TRUSTEE)
  • ELIZABETH CURTIS SWAIN (TRUSTEE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To ensure the perpetual preservation and stewardship of open space, natural resources, historic sites, and agricultural lands throughout southern chester county

What it reported doing in 2022

Tlc offers year-round educational programming and community outreach events. Environmental education programs for children and adults, regardless of age, ability, or socioeconomic status take place primarily on our partner preserve, the bucktoe creek preserve. Program offerings include: full moon owls prowls, wild foraging series, drop in on nature, free time adventures in nature, hawk watch, edible and medicinal plant walks, astronomy nights and girl scout and cub scout badges.workshops and classes on sustainability take place at our new leaf sensory garden. This is a demonstation site for home composting, bee keeping and vegetative bio swales. Community outreach fundraising events are held at our stateline woods preserve. Events include our annual run 4 conservation, solstice celebrations, and the wild and scenic film festival. Education outreach and events serve allmembers of a diverse community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 90.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $132K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.