Tortoise Group
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Protects and educates about desert tortoise well-being. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $87K in revenue, $74K in expenses, and $115K in net assets.Pt I
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Wild Tortoise Conservation Initiatives
Tortoise Group partners with several federal, state, and local agencies with the sole intent of conserving our state's reptile. Through partnerships with United States Geological Survey (USGS), the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Nevada Dept of Wildlife (NDOW), and Clark County Desert Conservation Program (DCP), and many more, TG…
Wellness Clinics
Tortoise Group (TG) offers four free annual Wellness Clinics and Microchipping Clinics to the public in the summer months when the tortoises are active. These clinics provide tortoise custodians with free wellness exams for their captive pet tortoises including examining for illness, weighing and measuring, sexing their tortoise, and…
Captive Desert Tortoise Adoption Program
It is only legal to keep desert tortoises as pets in states where they naturally occur. There are several federal and state laws addressing the issue of transfer and custodianship of captive desert tortoises, Tortoise Group operates as the sole entity legally allowed to adopt these animals in NV.
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Aerial West’s $21K as Executive Director is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 134 <$100K 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.
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Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 61% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 26% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 12% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | -21% | — | — |
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