Ecolibrium3

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452746481
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Duluth, MN, USA
Phone
2183361038
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,761,965
Expenses
$1,641,094
Assets
$2,611,659
Liabilities
$588,013

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODI SLICK (CEO/CFO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JODI SLICK (CEO/CFO): $157,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ecolibrium3's mission is to lead and inspire change in our community toward an equitable and sustainable future. We work at the intersection of energy, equity, and economic vitality.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community development: although ecolibrium3 works at multiple scales, our deepest work is centered on the traditionally disadvantaged lincoln park neighborhood. Ecolibrium3 serves as the lead community-based organization working to advance health, safety, economic development, and connectedness. In 2025 we completed the renovation of the lincoln park community center. Renamed the lnpk hub, the rejuvenated facility serves as an expanded community center, hosts events and meetings, and provides public computer access. The lnpk hub has been a home for our expanded wellness programming, including walking wellness uplift, an elder-centered, holistic health class. Over the summer, we teamed up with high school and college students for intergenerational connection. Since the start of this program, we have worked with 20 elders and 15 students. The hub is also the site from which we co-lead the duluth age friendly initiative to advance a thriving community for people of all ages. We have continued our support of the economic revitalization of lincoln park through the strategic merger of ecolibrium3's award-winning main street lincoln park with the lincoln park business group. And, we completed the renovation of a condemned home in our neighborhood to expand accessible housing options for our americorps members. In october, we announced that the house is no longer condemned and ready for americorps members to move in in 2026. Lastly, our annual ecofest celebration resulted in over 225 volunteers cleaning over 4,000 pounds of litter from the neighborhood.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.3%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $657.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 54.1%; rating input score 54; 16th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.3% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 6 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 48/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.