Quarry Quest Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275433500
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Neenah, WI, USA
Phone
9205831441
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,975
Expenses
$124,275
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAN VOSS (President)
  • Kristen Waas (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DAN VOSS (President)
  • Kristen Waas (Vice President)
  • Aubrey Conrad (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate families in geology and construction with proceeds benefiting local children's charities.

What it reported doing in 2015

Quarry quest is our annual event offering children and adults a one-of-a-kind experience by providing tours of a working quarry, rides and exploration of giant excavation machinery, and many other hands-on educational activities. 2015 quarry quest was as tremendous success. Over 15,000 people attended quarry quest for a fun-filled family day. This exciting event benefits various children's charities as well as the quarry quest environmental education fund. We've continued to work hard to keep quarry quest an affordable family event, which has been even more vital during earth sciences and construction. Through the quarry quest environmental education fund, it has benefited children's charities throughout the greater fox valley area. Over 1,200 volunteers and about 150 businesses shared their gifts of time, talent and resources to provide an educational and fun experience for young and old alike, making for an outstanding family event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.4%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -55.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -37.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $117K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.