Marshfield Area Community Foundation, Inc.

Legal name: Marshfield Area Community Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
396578767
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Marshfield, WI, USA
Phone
715-384-9029
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,183,398
Expenses
$404,754
Assets
$12,672,334
Liabilities
$242,631

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMBER KIGGENS-LEIFHEIT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMBER KIGGENS-LEIFHEIT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $40,618 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The leading catalyst for positive change and enduring impact in the community, fostering a vibrant, thriving region for all.

What it reported doing in 2014

Funds were distributed to various people/ organizations for scholarships/grants to be used exclusively for educational, recreational, artistic, conservation and community development based on the restrictions of the donor fund.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.4%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $835.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 65.8%; rating input score 66; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 90.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.31; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 59.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 9.4% of revenue deployed · 66% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $267K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 32 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.