Prairie Pothole Partners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223865314
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Lidgerwood, ND, USA
Phone
7018924064
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,307
Expenses
$682
Assets
$21,312
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephanie Frankki (President)
  • Jack Lalor (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephanie Frankki (President)
  • Jack Lalor (Vice-President)
  • Kathy Diekman (Secretary)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the conservation of the tallgrass prairie wetland ecosystem through education, recreation, awareness and appreciation of the prairie pothole region of North Dakota, especially Tewaukon Wildlife Refuge.

What it reported doing in 2020

Education Programs: include Jr Duck and Blue Goose Days. These events focus on hands-on activities for children to expose them to needs of wild animals and how their environment sustains them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.6%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 92.7%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.25; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.6% of revenue deployed · 63.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $432 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.