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Soil and Water Conservation Society

Ankeny, Iowa · EIN 42-0716340 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1963

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 78.8 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended March 2026.

Graded against 14,690 environment nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.18.2 months77
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.33
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.35% from one source84
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.79.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.8.9%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.23not scored

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Year by year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Mar 2026Form 990$1.44M$1.30M$139K$1.98M18.210B
Mar 2025Form 990$1.24M$1.44M−$202K$1.84M15.410A
Mar 2024Form 990$2.15M$2.10M$42K$2.05M11.79A
Mar 2023Form 990$1.35M$1.56M−$210K$1.94M14.99A
Mar 2022Form 990$1.46M$1.29M$171K$2.30M21.310A
Mar 2021Form 990$1.45M$1.26M$189K$2.14M20.38A
Mar 2020Form 990$1.13M$1.16M−$35K$1.78M18.410A
Mar 2019Form 990$1.37M$1.33M$35K$1.92M17.310A
Mar 2018Form 990$1.43M$1.37M$53K$1.89M16.59A
Mar 2017Form 990$1.15M$1.17M−$22K$1.82M18.711A
Mar 2016Form 990$1.05M$1.03M$26K$1.79M20.99A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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