North American Grouse Partnership
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of the North American Grouse Partnership is to ensure the conservation of North America's native grouse species and the landscapes they live in.
- Income
- $356,876
- Spending
- $261,117
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 6.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $74,642, lpcla coordinator
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 71% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 27% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 258% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $143,874 spent. Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation - The NAGP continued the development and expansion of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Landowner Alliance (LPCLA) in the SW United States using a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and significant donations from other private and corporate partners. THE LPCLA is a regional strategy for conserving and restoring grassland habitat necessary for lesser prairie chicken survival. It is an outcome-based approach that pays ranchers fair-market value for the conservations services that they agree to provide to conserve and restore grassland environments. The long-term goal of this project is to establish ten (10) 200,000 acre ranching strongholds in five states. During the first year of the project 100,000 acres were enrolled in the LPCLA.
- $40,035 spent. Partnership Development - NAGP worked to develop partnerships with other public and private organizations focused on landscape-scale grassland conservation. The goal of these activities is to build the coalition needed to establish the foundation that can advocate for the importance of viable native landscapes for prairie grouse and wildlife species that is needed to expand the Lesser Prairie Chicken Landowner Alliance to its goal of ten (10) 200,000 acre ranching strongholds.
- $30,707 spent. Grassland Conservation - The NAGP worked with other conservation organizations and agencies to help ensure that implementation of programs for the conservation of grasslands and grouse species are being implemented in the most effective ways possible. The organization provided technical input to ongoing conservation efforts that have the most potential for enhancing and restoring grasslands and native grouse species.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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