Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410693933
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6122761500
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,184,420
Expenses
$2,090,765
Assets
$2,526,309
Liabilities
$299,975

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADRIENNE DORN (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ADRIENNE DORN (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $165,142 total reported compensation
  • TANYA BATALSKA (TREASURER): $21,450 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Gmcc is an interfaith, multicultural nonprofit organization with a mission "uniting people of faith, serving people in need." we have a 117 year old history collaborating with communites to addressinequities and disparities throughout Minnesota through a variety of initiatives and services. Today, gmcc is an entrepreneurial organization that partners with communities most impacted by achallenge or opportunity to co-design and lead a response. We further justice with valuce-based youth, food and wellbeing programs

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth: the youth deserve safe, nurturing spaces to grow and opportunities to learn and cultivate skills; find and build a caring, supportive community; and develop into 21st-century global citizens. The organization's neighborhood of phillips, minneapolis has a larger-than-average number of school-aged children and high poverty levels. This, combined with persistent educational disparities across Minnesota, is why gmcc invests in youth development and education. Gmcc's out-of-school, year-round educational programming is called lakestreet youth labs (lyl) and provides underserved youth with steam-focused (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) curricula; homework help; and wraparound services including meals and groceries. Lyl's goals are to decrease educational disparities; increase skills in independent living, decision-making, and conflict resolution; improve family relationships; and provide opportunities for intercultural learning. The organization's curriculum is designed and delivered by experienced teachers, social workers, youth experts, and community partners and helps youth develop knowledge in a variety of academic topics and skills in communication, problem-solving, creativity, and critical thinking. School year programming includes after school courses for middle schoolers; steam activities on saturdays for elementary youth; and all-day camp during school breaks. Gmcc's lakestreet youth labs steam summer camp is a summer camp for grades 1-8 helps to curb summer learning loss. Gmcc also runs a leadership and career exploration program for high schoolers during each school year that provides opportunities to develop skills in areas such as goal-setting, resume writing, and interviewing, and to explore a variety of educational and career paths.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 4.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 13 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.