Growth & Justice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134209510
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6519176037
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$200,347
Expenses
$322,323
Assets
$105,540
Liabilities
$89,763

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jane E Leonard (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jane E Leonard (President): $107,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop and advocate for public policy that makes Minnesota's economy more prosperous and fair for all Minnesotans.

What it reported doing in 2021

Since January 2021, as a follow-up to the MN Equity Blueprint, G & J has been developing the MN Equity Map with the University of MN-Morris, Center for Small Towns. The map is a platform to help geographically pinpoint and narratively share the vital work done by community organizations and community members to foster regional, racial, and environmental equity. It encourages and aids idea-sharing and cooperation between communities and community members who want to help improve their communities. In a 2021 report, The Brookings Institute lauded the MN Equity Blueprint community engagement process as a national best practice for promoting collaboration and resilience, State resilience and recovery: Strategies to reduce inequality and promote prosperity by creating better places. G & J has also serves on and supports work on several state boards and committees to help advance rural, racial, and environmental equity in MN: the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Advisory Board, Minnesotans for the American Community Survey, Lead for Minnesota, the MN Climate Action Framework Clean Economy Work Group, the MN Rural Broadband Coalition, and ServeMinnesota -AmeriCorps, including the award-winning and nationally recognized Math & Reading Corps and emerging Climate Corps.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -60.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $252K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.