Anoka County Community Action Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416048575
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Blaine, MN, USA
Phone
7637834747
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,018,909
Expenses
$20,196,925
Assets
$27,908,453
Liabilities
$11,314,928

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICK MCFARLAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACQUELINE CROSS (HEAD START DIRECTOR): $181,499 total reported compensation
  • PATRICK MCFARLAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,869 total reported compensation
  • KRISTINA SAHR (HR DIRECTOR): $125,024 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The anoka county community action program, inc. Is an innovative catalyst for empowering lower income anoka county residents to achieve their aspirations and dreams.

What it reported doing in 2024

Building operations: the building operations program operates affordable and subsidized rental housing. During 2024, there were 303 rental units that served 658 individuals. The housing stock includes single family homes, townhomes/duplexes, apartments and single-room-occupancy shared housing. The organization offers rent subsidies under one circumstance: the first is the senior section 202 building with 24 units; otherwise, our rents are limited to 30%, 50% or 60%, of 30% of area median income where the organization has used federal, state, county or federal home loan bank development/redevelopment resources. There are a handful of rents that are market rents which we would set at a maximum of the fair market rent, which would qualify the unit for section 8 tenants. The rents we may charge are reduced by the utility allowance for the unit. Anoka county community action program collaborates with anoka county and housing non-profits to serve vulnerable populations that include persons with mental illness and developmental disabilities. The organization operates 12 single family homes that serve people with developmental disabilities in group settings. We also cooperate with private agencies that serve anoka county clients who are disabled individuals in semi-independent living environments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $711.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.4% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 20 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.