Neosho School District Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431917195
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Neosho, MO, USA
Phone
4174518600
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,017
Expenses
$112,256
Assets
$667,995
Liabilities
$1,128

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PRIS REED (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KELLI ARTHERTON (TRUSTEE)
  • JEREMY BOES (TRUSTEE)
  • JULIE BRANHAM (TRUSTEE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organiation's primary exempt function is to raise funds to assist the neosho school district by purchasing equipment and educational materials and by helping to defray the cost of capital improvements.

What it reported doing in 2024

The trust awarded fourteen scholarships as follows: 1) four 2000 neosho charitable foundation scholarships to a student who will attend pitt state university, a student who sill attend Missouri s&t, a student who will attend Missouri state university and a student who will attend Missouri southern state university 2) two 1000 neosho alumni association scholarships to a student who will attend university of Missouri and a student who will attend Missouri southern state university 3) three 5,000 Missouri walnut scholarships to a student who will attend Missouri state university, a student who will attend Missouri s&t and astudent who will attend crowder college 4) 1,000 trouw nutrition scholarship to a student who will attend university of Missouri 5) four 1000 neosho charitable foundation scholarships to a student who will attend Missouri state university, a student who will attend university of Missouri, a student who will attend crowder college and a student who will attend college of the ozarks

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.6%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.95; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.