Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Assoc Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272129150
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Lynd, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5075301231
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $184,116
- Expenses
- $145,731
- Assets
- $66,692
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEAN THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DEBBIE THOOFT (TREASURER)
- SCOTT THOOFT (DIRECTOR)
- DEAN THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
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
Oraganized to promote the health and sustainability of the state of Minnesota's 4.0633 million acres of grazing lands.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purpose of this grant, between the u.s. Department of agriculture, natural resource conservation service (nrcs) and Minnesota grazing lands conservation association (mnglca), is to educate producers about conservation grazing and grassland management through farmer-to-farmer education and support. We will build a network of like minded farmers working to implement conservation practices and share their knowledge and experiences of their journey. We will work to unite the nrcs, university of Minnesota extension and the swcds with conservation organizations to maximize efficiency, combine our resources to support the farmers and ranchers in Minnesota and educate about conservation practices. Currently, the nrcs, university of Minnesota extension, and the swcds provide technical support to farmers, however what is missing is the farmer-to- farmer piece of the puzzle. By partnering with our members, board members and farmer mentors this grant will fill the education and coordination gap to bring practical experience from those whose livelihoods depend on farming and ranching."
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
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 and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 80.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.