Burnsville Community Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411908808
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Burnsville, MN, USA
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,032
- Expenses
- $19,609
- Assets
- $109,237
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRADY FOLKESTAD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRADY FOLKESTAD (PRESIDENT)
- MARY JO DELISE (VP FUNDRAISI)
- ADAM DECKNATEL (TREASURER)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To seek contributions for artistic additions in the city of burnsville and fund other 501(c)(3) organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
To seek contributions for artistic additions in the city of burnsville and fund other 501(c)(3) organizations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -50.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.57; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 12/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.