Minnesota Magazine and Publications Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411820231
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6519176240
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,677
Expenses
$120,418
Assets
$76,876
Liabilities
$15,873

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN DUNN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SHERRY SHIFFLET (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KEVIN DUNN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SHERRY SHIFFLET (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN NIEMI (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Minnesota magazine and publications association (mmpa) is a vital organization providing a great forum for education, networking and communication within Minnesota's publishing community. As a non-profit trade association, the mmpa's role is to help companies and individuals in Minnesota magazine publishing to succeed.

What it reported doing in 2013

Served as a resource and a voice for magazine publishing in Minnesota, while advancing and recognizing the professional development of its members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • 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.

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.