North Central Ems Institute Dba the Savvik Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411967451
IRS 990-PF coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
St Cloud, MN, USA
Phone
8886034426
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Search and Rescue Squads

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,919
Expenses
$68,011

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

Overview

Mission

Search and Rescue Squads

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 2 filed grant rows totaling $50,000. The stated grant purposes included the purpose of the grant is to provide support to dei workshops. and the purpose of the grant is for continued sponsorship for programming and membership recruitment..

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 76% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 27

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 74; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 7.52; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 27th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 27/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.