Wyoming Wool Growers Assoc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830157470
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Casper, WY, USA
Phone
3072655250
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$548,838
Expenses
$260,141
Assets
$830,371
Liabilities
$12,281

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIKE CURUCHET (VICE PRESIDENT (FEB-AUG)/EX-OFFICIO)
  • GWEN GEIS (PRESIDENT (FEB-SEP)/V.P. (REGION 4))
  • SHAUN SIMS (VICE PRESIDENT (JUL-SEP)/REGION 3 DIRECTOR (FEB-JU)
  • ALISON CRANE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISON CRANE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission and purpose of the Wyoming wool growers association (wwga) is to advance the interests of the wool producing and sheep growing industry; to bring about the betterment of the conditions of those engaged in the livestock industry, including the improvement of the grade of their products, the development of a higher degree of efficiency in the industry, the cultivation and promotion of cooperation among all persons within the state of Wyoming, engaged, directly or indirectly in the wool growing and sheep producing industry, and in general to do any and all things that further the mission and purposes of the wwga for the mutual protection and benefit of the sheep and livestock producing community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Offer special projects and outreach programs including, but not limited to, cooperative projects with the university of Wyoming college of agriculture natural resources and the collegaite wool growers association, state and federal agencies such as the Wyoming department of agriculture and the u.s. Department of agriculture, american sheep industry association, and the Wyoming wool growers auxiliary programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 52.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.19; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.