Blueprint Campaigns

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821847033
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Fridley, MN, USA
Phone
7602243078
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$288,962
Expenses
$220,333
Assets
$67,767
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDSEY PORT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MEREDITH STACEY (DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS): $56,167 total reported compensation
  • LINDSEY PORT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $49,744 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Blueprint campaigns provides professional development support for emerging leaders from traditionally underrepresented communities: from campaign managers and vounteer coordinators, to current and prospective candidates, newly engaged volunteers, and those people who are just beginning to explore how to get involved. We teach people how to organize progressive infrastructure in their communities and equip them with the framework and skills they need in order to succeed by providing training, coaching and strategic planning support through an educational lens, and connecting leaders to a statewide peer-to-peer network.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 48% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 59.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $175K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.