Ferndale Estates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416052783
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Montevideo, MN, USA
Phone
3202696640
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,559
Expenses
$92,214
Assets
$431,485
Liabilities
$338,394

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MISI GANGL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARGIE DUBOIS (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KEITH KLEIN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MISI GANGL (PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides low income housing with thte help of subsidies from the usda. The low income housing includes 8 units with one and two bedroom apartments.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides low income housing with the help of subsidies from the usda. The low income housing includes 8 units with one and two bedroom apartments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.68; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.