Groveland Elementary Pto

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844253777
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Minnetonka, MN, USA
Phone
9524015600
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,381
Expenses
$139,354
Assets
$114,992
Liabilities
$20,701

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER ZECHMEISTER (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JOLAE MALY (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SAMANTHA GERVAIS (CO PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER BRIGGS (CO PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARIA ARUNDEL (CO VICE PRES.)
  • JAMIE MASUR (CO VICE PRES.)
  • JENNIFER ZECHMEISTER (PAST 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The pto mission is to strengthen the connection between parents, educators and children to create a supportive and thriving school community! Through events, volunteer opportunities and fundraising, we work together to enhance the student experience and ensure every child has the tools and opportunities to succeed and feel like they belong.

What it reported doing in 2024

The groveland pto achieves its mission through a variety of programming activities including:1. Our teacher enrichment fund, which provides funds to teachers to develop and execute additional enrichment programs within their own classroom curriculums 2. Our music and fine arts program which supports our music program through equipment purchases, fine arts field trips and sponsors outside speaker and guest programs3. Our fund the need program which provides grants to the minnetonka school district. This year's grants provided support for field trips and enrichment fund activities. 4. Teacher and staff appreciation5. Community building events that benefit students, families and staff

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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; 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: 9.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.