Milwaukee Diaper Mission Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852354816
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Cudahy, WI, USA
- Phone
- 2623890431
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,284,694
- Expenses
- $804,768
- Assets
- $1,271,933
- Liabilities
- $266,102
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TRAVIS TROTT (PRESIDENT)
- NYDIA MAURAS JONES (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MEAGAN JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MEAGAN JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $84,025 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Milwaukee diaper mission, inc. (mdm) provides a reliable source of free diapers, wipes and period supplies to families in milwaukee each month. Utilizing a bank distribution model, mdm provides free hygiene products to local nonprofits who then distribute them to families in need. These partner agencies are food pantries, home visiting agencies, birthworkers, medical clinics, domestic violence and homeless shelters, and organizations that support immigrants and refugees. Mdm offers both disposable and reusable hygiene items to families, prioritizing the dignity of choice.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mdm believes that reusable hygiene products should be accessible, affordable and achievable for everyone. In 2024 mdm hosted 6 six free cloth diaper classes and distributed 825 cloth diapers, providing 33 families with cloth diaper kits including supplies, educational materials and ongoing support. Additionally, mdm provided 494 cloth pads, 114 menstrual cups, and 628 pairs of period underwear to menstruators in milwaukee.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.7%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 89.7%; rating input score 90; 38th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 43% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 53.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.7% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $585K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.