Liabilities / Assets
58th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
59th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
71st percentile
Higher net margin than 71% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
89th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 24.3% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$27,402
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$27,402
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Liabilities
$0
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$155,893
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$128,491
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Net Income
$27,402
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Apr 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
- Signed
- Jul 24, 2023
- Return Version
- 2022v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $155,893
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Cool Grounds primary exempt purpose is to facilitate community wildlife conservation and community benefit programs in the Omo Valley Ethiopia Cool Ground supports the Tama Community Conservation Area on 1970 square kilometers which is home to elephant giraffe African wild dog critically-endangered white-headed vulture and other key wildlife species of conservation value Four indigenous groups the Mursi Bodi Ari and Kwegu live in and around the conservation area and manage the conservation area They will derive community benefit from the organizing the tourism to the area
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Hurd | Executive Director Country Director | FT | $34,154 | $3,757 | $37,911 |
| Lakew Berhanu | Wildlife Expert | FT | $15,000 | $1,650 | $16,650 |
| Barkede Kulumedere | Community Liaisons | FT | $4,302 | $473 | $4,775 |
| Anne Perrault | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Neva Morrison | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Cool Ground Inc
- EIN
- 27-4464297
- Phone
- 0000000000
- Address
- 46 Central Ave, South Burlington, VT 05403
Signing Officer
- Name
- Willie Hurd
- Title
- Executive Director Country Director
- Phone
- 8024978178
- Signed
- 2023-07-24
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Schedule O:
“The primary other expenses are project costs. The scout uniforms, boots, backpacks, solar panels, cell phones, sim cards, gps, binoculars, tents, transport, refreshments for meetings, account for the majority of these expenses.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $27,402
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $27,402
- Revenue
- $155,893
- Expenses
- $128,491
- Net income
- $27,402
| Balance Sheet | Operations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Assets | Liabilities | Net Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Net Income |
| 2025Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.03 | $0.00 | $0.03 | $2.57 | $3.33 | $0.76 |
| 2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.82 | $0.00 | $0.82 | $2.60 | $2.89 | $0.29 |
| 2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.27 | $0.00 | $0.27 | $1.56 | $1.28 | $0.27 |