Robert Sonsteng Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811933218
IRS 990-PF coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Benson, MN, USA
Phone
3208425391
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$552,293
Expenses
$514,314

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

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 16 grants totaling $216,200. The stated grant purposes included support of swift cty fair operations, school children nutrition program, and property maintenance, plus 10 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 71% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 64
  • Cost Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 97
  • Endowment Health: 90

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 42%; rating input score 42; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 18 controls in place; rating input score 94
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: NotApplicable
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 34.08; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 63.9% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 90th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 42/100.