Mini Mart City Park

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462201493
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2068171671
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,255,868
Expenses
$578,795
Assets
$2,801,723
Liabilities
$443

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN BERES (President)
  • JOHN SUTTON (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY KELLY (Executive Dir.): $115,000 total reported compensation
  • BEN BERES (President): $4,000 total reported compensation
  • JOHN SUTTON (Vice President): $4,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Purchase and remediate the property at 6525 Ellis Ave S in Seattle and turn it into a site for education through local schools, including environmental remediation, horticulture, green design, community planning and engagement.

What it reported doing in 2025

We have launched various arts and environmental programs including 20 exhibitions, 12 artist led workshops, and classes for youth focused on environmental remediation. We also provide free meeting space for neighborhood residents, groups and other nonprofits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 34
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.4%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 59.4%; rating input score 59
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.84; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.4% of revenue deployed · 59.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $344K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 27/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.