Munnell Run Farm Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300075794
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mercer, PA, USA
Phone
7246622242
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recycling Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,998
Expenses
$5,298
Assets
$96,640
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jay Russell (President)
  • Amy Reeher (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Jay Russell (President)
  • Amy Reeher (Vice-President)
  • James Mondok (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enable Munnell Run Farm to have the infrastructure and tools to provide ecological and agricultural education for Pre-K to 12 and adults. To demonstrate the relationship of agriculture and ecology in a real world setting. To exemplify the conservation of soil, water and energy, to showcase our rural heritage and to support local agriculture enterprise.

What it reported doing in 2024

MRFF, Inc. is incorporated under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. In particular, MRFF, Inc. shall advance, support and promote the purposes of Munnell Run Farm in providing educational programs for students and adults in watershed stewardship, nonpoint pollution control, stream ecology, wetlands, forestry, agriculture, land use, cultural and ecological heritage, and other pertinent topics. Munnell Run Farm was able to assist two local organizations with grants that will be used to support the foundations mission. The Foundation sponsored Girl and Boy Scouts Workshops, School Day Workshops for Charter Schools, and Mercer County Discovery Camp for school age children. Munnell Run Farm also was able to provide three field trip experiences at the Farm for school students. Munnell Run Farm hosted the annual Mercer County Envirothon with 65 students making up 13 teams from local schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.7%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 18

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.24; rating input score 95; 95th 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: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.7% of revenue deployed · 17.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $935 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.