Optimist Club of Eden Prairie MN 35051
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411335815
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Eden Prairie, MN, USA
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,982
- Expenses
- $9,680
- Assets
- $8,564
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY LAMBERT (PAST PRESIDENT)
- KARLA WENNERSTROM (PRESIDENT)
- MG RAVISHANKAR (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GARY LAMBERT (PAST PRESIDENT)
- KARLA WENNERSTROM (PRESIDENT)
- MG RAVISHANKAR (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Bring out the best in children
What it reported doing in 2013
Essay contest - area students grades 4-12 submit an 800 word essay on a topic following the rules prescribed by optimist international foundation prizes awarded in 3 categories
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 100% 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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 47%; rating input score 47
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 47% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.