Yucatan Environmental Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752914841
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Riverside, IL, USA
Phone
7733431919
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,989
Expenses
$54,431
Assets
$27,501
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA WILSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSE BRY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA WILSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSE BRY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KIM FREEARK (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to protect the environment in the yucatan peninsula of mexico, including but not being limited to preservation of the life on the offshore reef, protection of aquatic or marine life, encourage better waste disposal programs to prevent oceanic dumping of solid and liquid waste and other substances such as chemicals which would endanger marine life in the peninsula.

What it reported doing in 2025

Centro ecologio akumal (cea) is an investigative environmental group with a wide range of research and outreach programs aimed at studying and protecting mesoamerican coral reef ecoregion from the effects of uninformed development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 32; 32nd 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -96.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -69.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -90.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.