Minneapolis League of Catholic Women

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410415120
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6128135321
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,214
Expenses
$2,815,616
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA FITZGERALD MILLER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA FITZGERALD MILLER (PRESIDENT)
  • DARLENE GERBER (TREASURER)
  • RITA FOX (ADVISORY COM)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide creative community services for women and families, and offer opportunities for spiritual, educational and personal growth.

What it reported doing in 2020

The league of catholic women's tuesday club has served an elderly population for over 40 years. 2020 marks the beginning of its 8th year at st. Olaf catholic church in downtown minneapolis serving a disadvantaged population. Year-round on the second tuesday each month, league volunteers provide a nutritious lunch, bingo, music, games and social time for about 80 people, mostly women. Food costs are borne by the league, with in-kind donations from some tuesday club volunteers. Guests come from exodus residence(adjacent to st. Olaf), from various other places of domicile in downtown minneapolis, from catholic eldercare, little brothers-friends of the elderly, and northeast seniors; some are walk-in from the street. All are welcome. Program suspended march 2020 due to covid. In partnership with community non-profits like the jeremiah program and sarahs oasis, the league provides micro grants to qualified women identified by our community partners. Grant money in the form of a check to the partner agency covers the clients specified needs. Partnering is a win-win-win situation: our community partners can be counted on to bring in the right applicants, the client receives financial assistance to help her achieve her life goals, and the league reaffirms its 110-year-old forward-looking vision.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3,594.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.