Mitchell Foundation for Catholic Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460425377
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Mitchell, SD, USA
Phone
6059999127
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,214
Expenses
$105,698
Assets
$1,187,725
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODI WILSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NICOLE FUHRER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RANDY REZAC (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NICOLE FUHRER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $3,936 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote catholic education for grades k-6.

What it reported doing in 2017

Support of catholic church, sioux falls diocese, tutus tuus education program, use of grant for expressed use of grant program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% 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 the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 70%; rating input score 70; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.24; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.5% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.