The South Western Ohio Conservation Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
316050870
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cleves, OH, USA
Phone
5133534781
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$219,181
Expenses
$213,081
Assets
$695,007
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bob Winn (President)
  • Barry Vogel (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Dave Gemmell (Trustee)
  • Howard Rechel (Trustee)
  • John Zompero (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The SWOCC shall, at all times, work to promote mutual respect and understanding among hunters, fisherman and land owners to insure continued access to privately held land. Members affirm their environmental commitment through the adopted Conservation Pledge: "I give my pledge, as an American, to safely and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country - its soil and minerals, its forests, waters, air and wildlife."

What it reported doing in 2025

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: Our Special Programs include Concealed Carry Training, Junior Trap, Boy Scout Activities, Women in the Outdoors, Basic Marksmanship and Passport to Fishing. We offer a variety of sporting activities throughout the year in order to appeal to a wide range of participants, including the young and old, boys and girls, and men and women, regardless of their experience. It is our effort to encourage participation and education of all people. The Club is heavily involved in youth activities that seek to promote the outdoors to the next generation so we have multiple programs in order to meet this goal. And we typically involve more than 200 young individuals in many different programs. The Boy Scouts hold camp-outs at the Club at no cost to them. They enjoy camping, hiking, fishing and supervised sport shooting activities. We also conduct several events sponsored by the Ohio Department of Wildlife such as Women in the Outdoors, and Passport to Fishing which teaches kids ages 5 - 15 the basics of fishing. This is followed the next day by a kids' fishing derby. As noted in the Club's Mission Statement, we strive to educate individuals to protect our natural resources, including it's soil, minerals, forests, waters, air and wildlife.

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.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.7%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 32.4%; rating input score 32
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.26; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.7% of revenue deployed · 32.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.