West Virginia Forest Resources Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932350479
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Charleston, WV, USA
Phone
3049519460
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Forest Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$930
Assets
$5,595
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Vacancy (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael S Haid (Chairman)
  • Vacancy (Vice President)
  • Vacancy (Secretary/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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

WVFRC's primary purpose is to protect the individual rights and liberties of all forest owners within the State of West Virginia. The Coalition believe in the Fifth Amendment Right of the United States Constitution to private property is sacred and West Virginia's forest owners should be able to optimize the resources found on their property, whether that be through timber harvesting, energy siting, the sell of forest carbon credits or through expanded outdoor recreational access and development, the intrinsic benefits of which would accrue to all citizens of the State of West Virginia.

What it reported doing in 2025

The West Virginia Forest Resources Coalition, Inc. is organized to increase public awareness of the availability and importance of Forest Carbon Credits and to make the Public aware of the importance of such Credits to promote the viability of West Virginia's forest resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.02; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -146.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -91% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.