4-H Clubs and Affiliated 4-H Organi Red Willow County 4-H Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470574574
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mccook, NE, USA
Phone
3083453390
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Agricultural

Reported finances

Revenue
$182,280
Expenses
$190,167
Assets
$89,708

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ADDYSON UERLING (DIRECTOR)
  • SHARIEL THIESZEN (SECR / TREAS)
  • AMANDA ADAMS (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

4-h empowers youth to reach their full potential working and learning in partnership with caring adults.

What it reported doing in 2024

4-h council in any county has five major functions: 1) program planning; 2) policy making; 3) resource development; 4) linkages; 5) accountability and overall governance. The volunteers who serve on 4-h councils are assigned the task of determining the needs of the 4-h youth in the county and determining how to meet those needs in collaboration with university personnel. The 4-h council needs money and resources to conduct these functions and help develop intersting and worthwhile educational programs and activities. Fund raising may be a major activity for the council and means the council may go to the community for help and support. 4-h is a publicly owned program, supported by tax funds, with a name and logo protected by federal law. Therefore, funds donated to 4-h or to the programs and activities under the name of 4-h receive the same accountability as required in the handling of public or tax funds. It is required that 4-h councils maintain their own checking account separate from the county non-tax revolving account. The 4-h council treasurer is responsible for expending funds with the authorization by the 4-h council. The 4-h council is the sponsoring body in red willow county for 4-h programming, trophy contributions and expenses, 4-h premium sale, manuals for members who are enrolled in 4-h projects, college scholarships for youth, youth camp scholarships, achievement awards, fair expenses, insurance coverage for participating youth event vouchers. Red willow county has 13 organized 4-h clubs with 957 youth participating. Many 4- h'ers particpated in the Nebraska state fair. Many other 4-h'ers participated in various camps, workshops, programs and leadership development activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $190K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.