Minnesota Lodging Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410417425
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6517782400
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$297,712
Expenses
$377,852
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH RAMMER (EXEC VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRANDEN ROBINSON (PRESIDENT)
  • DOUG KARLE (INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMIE DAHLEN (PRESIDENT-ELECT (THROUGH 5/30/19))
  • MARC FAUBERT (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIZABETH RAMMER (EXEC VICE PRESIDENT): $175,054 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve, protect and promote the welfare of the lodging industry in Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2019

Education: the association co-sponsors classes for food safety training through the national restaurant association's servsafe food protection manager certification program and for the re-certification requirements for the Minnesota food manager's license. The 2019 hospitality Minnesota conference and expo had 600 industry professionals participate in 10 seminars on various hospitality industry topics. Mla members also mentor and support the american hotel & lodging association's hospitality and tourism management program, a high school level education program developing skills of the future workforce of the industry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $175K · 29 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.