Lakes Area Heroes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920472818
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Baxter, MN, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,700
Expenses
$50,306
Assets
$36,966

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Isaiah Moengen (Executive Director)
  • John Ryan (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Isaiah Moengen (Executive Director)
  • John Ryan (Vice President)
  • Johh Kinkeade (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

Lakes Area Heroes provides financial assistance and community support to first responders and their families during times of hardship crisis injury illness or loss. The organization raises funds through community events sponsorships and donations to support local fire EMS law enforcement and other emergency service personnel.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025 Lakes Area Heroes provided direct financial assistance and support to first responders and their families experiencing hardship medical emergencies injury illness and other crisis situations. Assistance was provided through community-funded charitable programs supported by fundraising events sponsorships and donations. Funds were used to help local heroes and their families during times of need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 82% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 58.7%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 58.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53% of revenue deployed · 58.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.