Bi-county Community Action Programs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410885981
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bemidji, MN, USA
Phone
2187514631
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,485,892
Expenses
$10,493,153
Assets
$4,383,215
Liabilities
$2,379,700

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARB MORAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARB MORAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $144,776 total reported compensation
  • LINDA LIEN (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $142,923 total reported compensation
  • KATHERINE NOTON (FISCAL DIRECTOR): $133,972 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Helping people in beltrami and cass counties experiencing barriers on their paths to economic stability.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Minnesota energy assitance program provides financial assistance to households to help pay a portion of their home energy and heating bills. The grants are based on the household size, income, fuel type, and energy usage. Primary heat grants are sent directly to the household's fuel and/or electric vendors to assist households' ability to maintain affordable and continuous energy by providing grants to lower their energy burden. Human services department bicap's adoption of cyberrecruiter has led to a simplified applicant tracking process, easy application sharing with managers, fast scheduling and an improved candidate and user experience.cyber recruiter has:- an automated requisition process quickly posts job opening and descriptions to our career page after approval.- applicants can apply online in around 15 minutes. A resume upload feature saves the candidate manual entering time.- hr users can easily route new applicants to managers for approval; the managers can select next steps via links in the email.- interview scheduling and distributing calendar invites is done seamlessly through the software.- managers score interviews in cyberrecruiter for hr director oversight.- offer letters, supervisor tasks and candidates notifications are generated in cyberrecruiter.- there are extensive reporting and metrics to comply with aa reporting and measure applicant metrics like time to hire and application abandonment rate, among others.youthbuild is a comprehensive work experience training program for opportunity youth, ages 16-24, who have left the traditional school system. The program provides an opportunity for youth to spend 29 hours per week in academics, leadership development, construction/workexperience training, life skills learning, and career/postsecondary exploration. Youthbuild participants are mentored for four days a week, alternating their time between the classroom, construction site, and other activities to resolve barriers, set and achieve goals, explore careers and more. They recieve school credit and an hourly wage for participation in all activities during their time in the program. Participants receive guidance and support while pursuing postprogram placement and a full year of followup support after completing theprogram. Cass lake bena alc is bicap youthbuild's educational partner. They provide an onsite teacher/learner manager to assist participants in working toward their high school diploma. They also provide teaching staff through adult basic education to prepare those participants more suited to earning their ged or adult diploma equivalency.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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.
  • 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 21 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $417K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.