Duckfest Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821072126
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- St Peters, MO, USA
- Phone
- 6363977130
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $163,855
- Expenses
- $145,968
- Assets
- $89,028
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHAWN SAALE (PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN SCHEIDEGGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHAWN SAALE (PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN SCHEIDEGGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KATIE HUGHES (SECRETARY)
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
A premier community initiative offering a unique fundraising event directly supporting local charities, right here in our area. Duckfest celebrates all things outdoors with an emphasis on waterfowl hunting and conservation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Duckfest is a one-of-a-kind festival fundraiser supporting local charities. The family-friendly, two day community fundraising event celebrates all things outdoors. Free admission and entertainment encourage everyone to attend! Enthusiasts from across the region may also compete in a sanctioned duck calling contest, to compete for placement at nationals in stuttgart, ar.
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 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.