Wilderness Matters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455601712
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Nichols Hills, OK, USA
Phone
4059199105
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$15,764
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • NANCY W HERZEL (Treasurer)
  • PETER HOFFMAN (Chairman)
  • TRICIA EVEREST (Vice Chairman)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wilderness Matters is an organization dedicated to help Oklahomans with disabilities access world-class wilderness experiences. The primary activities in which it will engage are:1. Improving access to outdoor nature/wilderness experiences for people with disabilities.2. Partnering with government groups to help design, fund and, when necessary, manage access to those programs.3. Serving as a resource for other community organizations with respect to implementing such programs.4. Educating others about the barriers preventing or limiting the nature experience and advocating in the community on behalf of individuals with disabilities with respect to the tools available to reduce those barriers.

What it reported doing in 2020

Improving access to outdoor nature/wilderness experiences for people with disabilities thru partnering with government and community organizations and educating others about the barriers preventing or limiting such access.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2020
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.