Grafton Beautification Committee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993456182
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Grafton, ND, USA
Phone
7013602880
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,397
Expenses
$25,889
Assets
$67,296

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELANIE MARTINEZ (Vice President)
  • MOLLY ZAHRADKA (President)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTAN ELLINGSON (Director)
  • MELANIE MARTINEZ (Vice President)
  • VONDA COLLETTE (Treasurer)

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 mission of the organizion of the beautification of the grafton community

What it reported doing in 2025

Many projects were continued, completed and started including main street planters, lights in the park, the christmas tree project, harmony park, and the pocket park plans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.4%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 55.7%; rating input score 56

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 61.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 71; 71st 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: -156.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 89.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.4% of revenue deployed · 55.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.