Abate of Minnesota Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411611604
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mapleton, MN, USA
Phone
7632631532
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$202,678
Expenses
$218,990
Assets
$301,215
Liabilities
$67,805

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SHELLY DEUTSCH (DISTRICT DIRECTOR): $10,680 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE BACKLUND (STATE TREASURER): $7,000 total reported compensation
  • JANE DOYLE (STATE COORDINATOR): $6,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Keep members and the public informed about safety and legislative issues pertaining to motorcycists and to promote safe and responsible motorcycle riding.

What it reported doing in 2025

Members lobby at the state and federal capitols to talk directly to their members of congress concerning motorcycle safety, attendance in community parades, involvement with the Minnesota department of public safety, maintaining the website, community service programs that promote motorcyclists, and reimbursement to members for motorcycle training courses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 52.3%; rating input score 52; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $152K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 33 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.