Big Island Rendezvous & Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411599007
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Albert Lea, MN, USA
Phone
5073733938
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,249
Expenses
$99,028
Assets
$3,229
Liabilities
$102,101

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK VANVOOREN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DICK DAHLEN (DIRECTOR)
  • RON EGGE (DIRECTOR)
  • PERRY VINING (OPERATING DI)

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

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

Overview

Mission

1800's fur trading camp reenactment held in october with crafts & trades, music, games and food of the time. Educate public about life of early settlers of the area. First two days of festival exclusively for area school students. Total attendence approximately 11,000.

What it reported doing in 2025

In addition to part one summary. Total attendence includes approximately 2,000 school students during education days (first two days of festival). Total attendence is an estimate due to family passes sold which can be used for an entire family instead of purchasing indiviudal admission tickets. The organization receives a substantial amount of donated services from volunteers, which are used mainly during the time leading up to the event and the event itself (first weekend in october). Some donated time is used through out the year. This annual event is held the first full weekend in october. Event is held at a local city park that has minimal parking area so attendees are bussed in from local county fairgrounds where they park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 31.62; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.