Working Landscapes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272082921
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Warrenton, NC, USA
Phone
2522570205
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rural Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,224,178
Expenses
$1,828,020
Assets
$1,210,247
Liabilities
$137,538

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARLA NORWOOD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CARLA NORWOOD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $68,866 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create more healthy and sustainable lives and livelihoods for people in the warren county, nc region through stewardship of natural and cultural assets.

What it reported doing in 2024

Resilient communities (formerly climate mobilization: through this program, we aim to build awareness of and support for regional food systems, regenerative agriculture, and the development of housing and community development programs that support health and well-being. We also work to create opportunities for community cohesion through hands-on skills building and advancing approaches to rural livelihoods and resilience. In 2024, we opened a downtown meeting and event space, hosted internship programs for 15 area high school students and helped to launch a public-private warren county housing coalition. We also managed a statewide program with partner food hubs to offer new forms of technical and financial assistance to farmers who adopt regenerative production practices. We supported small towns in eastern North Carolina in developing climate resilience plans. To create more healthy and sustainable lives and livelihoods for people in the warren county, nc region through stewardship of natural and cultural assets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

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 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 17.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.