Duluth East High School Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300682685
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Duluth, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2187278030
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,080
- Expenses
- $16,205
- Assets
- $246,844
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEN JENSEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KEN JENSEN (PRESIDENT)
- DAVE ZBARACKI (TREASURER)
- GREG GOLDMAN (ASSISTANT TR)
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
Duluth east high school foundation. The duluth east high school foundation was founded to enhance a world class educational experience for all east high school students by providing financial support for academics, fine arts, student activities, athletics, and campus enhancements. In the spring of 2011, a small group of alumni, parents, and staff met to discuss ways to develop a source of stable and sustainable income for east high school. Those discussions identified the need to establish a duluth east high school foundation to focus on gathering funds to enhance a world class educational experience for every student. These funds would not be tied to district budgets, any individual program, or any school administration. The nonprofit dehsf committed itself to raising funds for an endowment, the earnings of which will be dispersed to support academics, fine arts, student activities, athletics, and campus enhancements. Using a simple, streamlined process, requests for funds will be rev
What it reported doing in 2024
Year ended june 30, 2025 - the organization provided grants for various board approved activities and other purposes for 11,500 the hall of fame induction dinner and ceremony was held in the fall of 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.2%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 74.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.23; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.2% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.