Possabilities of Southern Minnesota
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 410853397
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Location
- Rochester, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5072816116
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,854,991
- Expenses
- $6,660,618
- Assets
- $8,842,334
- Liabilities
- $1,165,196
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDDIE FRICKER (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN MACKERT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUSAN MACKERT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $161,799 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Training and day services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Day training and habilitation services: we provide employment support and life enrichment day services for approximately 156 people with developmental disabilities ranging in age from 21 years through retirement. 53 people were served in employment services, including employment support. There is in-center work as well as community-based support for individuals employed in the community. Work opportunities are based on the individual's preferences and abilities. 63 adults with more serious cognitive, developmental, and physical challenges enjoy day recreational and leisure activities including community outings, arts and crafts, and volunteering. Activities are based on the person's interests and every effort is made for community integrated activities. A new program, artabilities, began in october 2022 and provides support and classes to 40 artists with disabilities. Day services include personal care along with transportation of a participant from home to possabilities and home again.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.