Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 2020 (IRS tax year 2019).
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Where the money goes
Statement of Functional Expenses
Financial health
Summary of the Filing
Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenue
Financial Metrics
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 80% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 19% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 0.3% | — | — |
| Investment management fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Legal fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
Leadership and pay
Officers, Directors & Key Employees
David Harmon’s $51K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1017 $100K–1M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Harmon | $50,562 | $48,600 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Emily Dekker-Fiala | $14,657 | $13,873 | $11,450 | $19,021 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Governance & Policies
Mission and programs
Promotes scientific and heritage values of parks and conserved places.
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Where the work happens
Gws Recurring Publications
Parks Stewardship Forum is a thrice-yearly professional journal on all aspects of park research, management and policy (launched 01/2020). The GWS website explains our work, contains most of our publications in PDF format, and publishes our daily news summary, Parkwire. GWS News+Notes is an occasional members' newsletter.
Workshops. Helped carry out Karst2020 Workshop (August 2020) and continued planning for Fire Management 24/7/365 Workshop (planned for February 2021), Chilean Indigenous Management Workshop (planned for June 2022), International Visitation Workshop (date TBD). (Activity accounts for 35% of overall Program Service expenses.)
World Heritage support activities. Support for professional consultations on, preparation of, and evaluations of World Heritage nominations and other activities. (Activity accounts for 10% of overall Program Service expenses.)
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Funders
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Filing history
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $166K | $243K | -43% | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $291K | $258K | +896% | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $29K | $221K | -90% | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $291K | $175K | -52% | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $612K | $115K | 990 PDF |
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