Mechsner Private Operating Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
566611947
IRS 990-PF coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Norton, KS, USA
Phone
7858773341
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Operating Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,746
Expenses
$17,489

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

Overview

Mission

Private Operating Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 15 grants totaling $13,250. The stated grant purposes included scholarship and scolarship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filing clearly reports transactions involving insiders. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 26
  • Cost Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 81
  • Endowment Health: 97

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 25.5%; rating input score 26; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 16 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 84
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Missing
  • Filing consistency checks: 7; rating input score 78

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 79.5; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 25.5% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Consistency: 7 of 9 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Assets equal liabilities and net assets did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet eoy total did not reconcile in the filed values.