Growing Roots Play Cafe

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991897170
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Union, MO, USA
Phone
6182075237
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,691
Expenses
$10,470
Assets
$8,891
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Walsh (Executive Director)
  • Emily Tyler (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Walsh (Executive Director)
  • Emily Tyler (Vice President)
  • Taylor Baxter (Member)

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 corporations primary purpose is to provide the children of Franklin County with a play place that is safe and supportive and parenting resources for the whole family.

What it reported doing in 2025

We hold weekly safe play events at the Franklin County Resource Board. Our number of attendees has grown in the past year to help us grow our place in the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.3%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 88.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 107.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.