Optimist International 37035

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481064623
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Concordia, KS, USA
Phone
7852435598
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,993
Expenses
$17,643
Assets
$129,927

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL CLEVELAND (President & CEO)
  • DAVID CLEMONS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL CLEVELAND (President & CEO)
  • DAVID CLEMONS (Vice President)
  • GALE LONGENECKER (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 support the youth of the community by giving grants to youth activities and other youth organizations that instills a sense of community, patriotism, saftey, and inclusiveness.

What it reported doing in 2024

4-h council - teaches leadership, citizenship, and life skills. With critical thinking, problem solving, discipline, integrity, communication, serving others, and choosing healthly lifestyle.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 51%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -194.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.36; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 51% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.