Community Shares of Minnesota

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411334642
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Lino Lakes, MN, USA
Phone
6516470440
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$431,942
Expenses
$632,813
Assets
$238,205
Liabilities
$19,943

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAUREEN HARTUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAUREEN HARTUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,561 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of community shares of Minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable Minnesota. Community shares of Minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice; connecting donors with a meaningful opportunity to invest in social justice; and empowering nonprofit organizations in the creation of a fair, just and equitable society.

What it reported doing in 2021

Workplace giving campaignscommunity shares of Minnesota conducts an annual workplace giving campaign to create sustained financial support for organizations engaged in social justice in the state of Minnesota. Employees at the work sites have the option of designating their contributions to any or all of the member groups or to any registered non-profit organization.community shares of Minnesota supports collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice, connects donors with a meaningful opportunity to invest in social justice and empowers nonprofit organizations in the creation of a fair, just and equitable society.community shares of Minnesota provides full service campaign management including online donor registration, pledge tracking and collection, campaign accounting and reporting, grantee evaluation and grant distribution.community shares of Minnesota partners with member organizations and serves by providing leadership development opportunities, training and technical assistance, recruitment of new members, member-to-member collaboration and member organization review, which all serve to build members' capacity and growth. Community shares of Minnesota promotes volunteer outreach by corporate relationship building and procurement, coordination, training and management of volunteers performing community services for the organizations and communities served by member organizations.community shares of Minnesota's campaign efforts provide community education by promoting public awareness of social justice issues, increasing visibility of member organization's activities, issues, concerns and program services, and providing information and education about philanthropy. Community shares of Minnesota provides training and education to work place partners and their employees regarding member organizations, workplace campaigns and campaign structure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 60% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 13%; rating input score 13; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -46.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $577K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.