Virgin Islands Conservation Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660464639
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2015
Location
St Thomas, VI, USA
Phone
3406269007
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$522,043
Expenses
$348,754
Assets
$367,894
Liabilities
$3,083

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM NEWBOLD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM NEWBOLD (PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL CHAKROFF (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KIMBERLY SLODDEN (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the conservation and wise use of us virgin islands' natural resources by providing a vehicle for local conservation related organizations to build capacity to work together on common territory challenges and opportunities. To cooperate with public and private organizations with similar purposes to inform the public of the value of conservation and to offer services to protect natural resources through member services, program development, training, leadership development, public education, and government relations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program service description grants expenses ------------------------------------------------------------------------ east offers educational programs, events and activities for the community throughout each year. In the past, east has sponsored hikes, whale watches, star-gazing parties, and beach clean-ups. Whenever possible, east strives to work in partnership with other local conservation organizations or agencies (i.e. The nature conservancys virgin islands program and outreach arms of the university of the virgin islands) to further spread our unified message of natural resource protection. 0. 1,331. Includes foreign grants: no eco-schools is the worlds largest international environmental education program engaging pre k-12 school students, faculty, administrators and community volunteers in a comprehensive, environment-based program to improve student environmental literacy and skills. In addition to direct environmental benefits, the program helps to dramatically improve student skills in science, technology, engineering and math (stem). It is also a proven framework for promoting youth leadership and community service. 0. 0. Includes foreign grants: no total 0. 1,331.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.6%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 53.2%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.6% of revenue deployed · 53.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $186K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 36/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.