Minnesota District Judges Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416044874
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512977582
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Administration of Justice, Courts

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,835
Expenses
$79,629
Assets
$191,963
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA DIXON (PRESIDENT/PAST PRES (BEG 10/1/24))
  • TANYA O'BRIEN (VP/PRESIDENT (BEG 10/1/24))
  • CHRIS WILTON (PAST PRESIDENT (END 9/30/24))

People named in this filing

  • DONNA DIXON (PRESIDENT/PAST PRES (BEG 10/1/24))
  • TANYA O'BRIEN (VP/PRESIDENT (BEG 10/1/24))
  • CHRIS WILTON (PAST PRESIDENT (END 9/30/24))

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This corporation shall not be operated for profit but shall be operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes. The specific purposes of this corporation are to improve the work of judges through continuing education; to aid, assist, and cooperate with the legislative and executive branches of government, all other courts, the Minnesota state bar association, the american bar association, and the general public, with the goal of insuring timely, effective, and fair administration of justice throughout the state; to educate the public about the role of the courts and the benefits of a fair and impartial system of justice; to make charitable distributions for purposes and to organizations as determined by the board of directors; and to engage in such other activities described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code as determined appropriate by the board of directors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fall educational conference, winter educational conference and outreach

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.