Bud Keays Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421145180
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mitchellville, IA, USA
Phone
5159673776
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,230
Expenses
$26,500
Assets
$329,759
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • STEVE PETTIT (TRUSTEE)
  • BRANDON JAZZ (TRUSTEE)
  • TAYLOR BRITTAIN (TRUSTEE)

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

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

Overview

Mission

To provide college scholarships to students from the southeast polk community high school who meet certain academic and practical ffa chapter requirements and go on to pursue an agricultural course at a college or university in Iowa.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide college scholarships to students from the southeast polk community high school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 60% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.44; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.