Inspires innovation by advancing W.S. Merwin's ideas through retreats, residencies, and community programs.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $1.2M in revenue, $479K in expenses, and $2.8M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$1.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$479K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$2.8M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $673K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
48%
20%
32%
Program services $0.48 Management & general $0.20 Fundraising $0.32
Program efficiency
48%
of spending reaches programs
Surplus margin
+58%
revenue over expenses, this year
Donor-funded
83%
of revenue is gifts & grants
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2020
$1.2M$576K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$479K
FY2020
$636K$318K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$2.8M
FY2020
$2.9M$1.4M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$57K
FY2020
$57K$29K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$1.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$479K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$2.8M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$673K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$2.8M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B48%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 313
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 413
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $138K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Tending the Merwin Palm Tree Collection
In 2020, the Merwin Conservancy assumed stewardship of the Merwin Palm Tree Collection, employing two contract gardeners to care for, protect, catalog, and report on a diverse collection of palms. The collection is widely considered to be one of the largest and most diverse private palm collections.
$80Kprogram expense
02
Intepretive Planning
In 2020, the Merwin Conservancy retained the services of an experienced nonprofit planning consultant in order to undertake an inclusive interpretive planning process. TMC engaged more than one hundred community members in discussions to help shape our programmatic vision.
$29Kprogram expense
03
Art & Ecology In-Person & Online Proramming
In 2020, the Merwin Conservancy staff planned, organized and held two in-person events as part of our Arts & Ecology Speaker Series. Both events-one on Maui and one on Oahu-featured U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, on the islands of Maui and O'ahu.
Sonnet K Coggins’s $130K as Executive Di
is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1981 $100K–1M environment 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
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.
Individual Sonnet K Coggins · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $122K · Total expenses $479K
25%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $253K · Total expenses $479K
53%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
48%
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—
Overhead ratio
20%
—
—
Fundraising cost ratio
16%
—
—
Legal fee ratio
3%
—
—
Accounting fee ratio
4%
—
—
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.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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