Cambridge Isanti Red Birds Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411596459
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Isanti, MN, USA
Phone
6122261006
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,511
Expenses
$10,894
Assets
$18,906
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA SANFORD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • CINDY LIND-LIVINGSTON (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • ASHLEY LIND (GAMBLING MANAGER): $3,684 total reported compensation
  • WADE REICHMANN (FIELD MAINTENANCE): $2,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Support organized baseball in the cambridge-isanti community.

What it reported doing in 2020

Support organized youth sports, and provide disability and poverty relief in the cambridge-isanti community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 7th 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 26th 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: 19.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.