Dont Call Me Josephine

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852624993
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Crookston, MN, USA
Phone
2182771939
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,851
Expenses
$12,955
Assets
$6,979
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rochelle Vincent (President)
  • Amy Fuglestad (Vice President)
  • Keri Pinna (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Rochelle Vincent (President)
  • Amy Fuglestad (Vice President)
  • David Nelson (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to raise awareness about and evaluate solutions to social determinants of health through inclusively equitable voice; creatively, critically, with acceptance, and guided exploration.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Conversations - maintained social media pages, including that which was established in response to Native Elder guidance, to engage Native and non-Native community, based on results of Native-centered evaluation of safety circles; completed targeted promotions of our documentary, which maps our safety circle journey; maintained web interface designed to facilitate pod-style community reflections; followed up on interracial and interdisciplinary reflection group activities, and responsive grant applications for program development purposes; continued to expand partnerships with Native-led entities, and included male voice in program planning, based on results of safety circles evaluation; promoted importance of continuing to share culturally responsive and health conscious meals; expanded understanding of Elders to include religious origins, and term Ojibwe "Mindimooyehn", while understanding of land acknowledgments and related cultural practices expands from awareness to appreciation; promoted modified online versions of respect cards and emotions decks with young Native men; distributed remaining original emotions card decks for free to local community members, noting popularity of this tool far above and beyond that of more traditional written resources (e.g., pamphlets and flyers promoting regional resources).

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 - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -19.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.