German Days Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
432060645
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Belle Plaine, MN, USA
Phone
5076656547
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$-9,061
Expenses
$3,628
Assets
$103,490
Liabilities
$925

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF HANSON (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE SIMON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EDWARD DANIEL TOWNSEND (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISSA EBNETER (GAMBLING MANAGER): $61,250 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

German days inc is organized for charitable and promotional purposes to promote commerce and contribute funds back into the community for the betterment of all citizens.

What it reported doing in 2024

German days: this is a day long celebration of our german heritage. The festivities include a cook out, a sauerkaut eating contest, a pedal bull, a queen is crowned after a selection process and a street band plays in the evening. There is a lot of participation from the community to celebrate and enjoy our german heritage.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -140%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.53; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1,688.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -63.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.