Northland Area Family Service Ctr
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411851016
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Remer, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2185663636
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $478,925
- Expenses
- $532,275
- Assets
- $567,075
- Liabilities
- $218,993
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- HEIDI HOLTZ (CHAIR)
- KIT ARNQUIST (VICE CHAIR)
- CHERYL DESOTO (FINANCIAL OF)
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
Family support made 161 connections, assisted 23 neighbors with mnsure applications, and provided 6 neighbors access to the legal kiosk. Family center home visiting completed 202 visits with 9 families and 10 children, assisting with the cultivation of nuturing parent-child relationships, promomotion of healthy childhood development and growth, and enhanced family function. Toys for kids served 52 families with 136 children to have a brighter holiday. 961 visits with 33 families were completed as part of the parentchild+ program, supporting early literacy, opportunities and school readiness. Family center preschool assisted 14 students to be ready for kindergarten and be successful learners, regardless of any perceived or real barriers such as economic status, culture, or level of ability or diability. Diaper hub dispersed diapers, pullups and wipes across 7 counties with points of dissemination in 11 counties, serving 1,309 families with 1,752 children.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide services to children and families residing in the eastern cass county communities. Major services provided include preschool, family support, home visiting programs and many co-located services on site which support and strengthen families and individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $33.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -11.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $447K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.