Lester Prairie Days

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475502427
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Lester Prairie, MN, USA
Phone
3202234442
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,886
Expenses
$53,728
Assets
$27,575

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY MEYER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMY MEYER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL BAYERL (TREASURER)
  • LAUREN TRITTABAUGH (SECRETARY)

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

To provide entertainment and activities for the community through volunteerism, while promoting and encouraging relationship-building and fostering connections across communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the organization successfully planned and hosted lester prairie days, a two-day community festival held july 1819. The event provided free entertainment and activities for individuals and families of all ages, including a car show, childrens games and attractions, live music, a vendor fair, parade, and fireworks. The festival also recognized community service by honoring the local volunteer fire department as parade grand marshals and hosted the coronation of the 20252026 lester prairie ambassadors, who promote community engagement and represent the city at regional events. The program was supported through local business donations, event-related sales, and the contributions of 165 volunteers, ensuring broad community access and participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 75% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 10.2%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 11

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 10.2% of revenue deployed · 10.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.