Project Imprintz

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825305250
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6128680829
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,073
Expenses
$85,114
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GINA ZAFFARANO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALEXIS BARBER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • HANNA ESTREM (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ERICA MCNAIR MARSDEN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Project imprintz provides a mobile art experience for children facing life-threatening medical conditions in the minneapolis-st. Paul metroplitan area. In 2023 we server over 1365 children helping them to create numerous art projects for their families. Our 40 volunteers provided thousands of volunteer hours. In 2025 it is our goal to server as many children with life-threatening conditions as possible in the twin cities metro area. We are growing our volunteer force, adding paid contract employees, and partnering with new related organizations to assist us in fulfilling our mission to bring joyful art experiences to this underserved population.

What it reported doing in 2024

Project imprintz provides a mobile art experience for children with life- limiting diseases and in hospice care in the minneapolis-st. Paul metro area. In 2023, our 40 volunteers helped us serve 1365 children. We delivered accessible programs directly to the homes of critically ill children and to our partnering organizations, addressing a significant gap in specialized arts programming. In 2024, it is our plan to expand our volunteer force and partner with more organizations to serve even more children and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.9%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 19.4%; rating input score 19
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.9% of revenue deployed · 19.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.