Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411577900
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6122266105
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $116,456
- Expenses
- $98,789
- Assets
- $174,464
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARIA BAVENDER (PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN KIMMES (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- BOB BAKER (VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER)
- SHAUN IRWIN (PAST PRESIDENT, PPC CHAIR)
People named in this filing
- MARIA BAVENDER (PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN KIMMES (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- BOB BAKER (VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER)
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 benefit charitable, benevolent, and educational causes.
What it reported doing in 2025
The rotary foundation was able to support welfare of people in the minneapolis community as well around the world. The foundatoin provides support through its contributions to service and other organizations, which provide direct service to people in need.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.