Rock County First Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871327541
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Janesville, WI, USA
Phone
6083520364
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,305
Expenses
$143,259
Assets
$61,887
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAN DEFORE (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK WARREN (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • DAN DEFORE (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK WARREN (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • BRENDA KENDALL (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing education on matters of public policy, developing, and advocating for legislation, regulations, and government programs to promote sound public policy and regulations concerning these issues. Rock county first's mission is to empower citizens by keeping them educated and knowledgeable about their local government and thereby ensuring representation of the people.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024 rock county first provided several educational events that were open to the public. These events featured guest speakers who spoke on topics directly connected with our mission to inform and educate citizens about their local government. Rock county first ran three volunteer-led workgroups. The candidates and campaign workgroup organized events that helped educate citizens about how to run for local office and to explain the requirements different local bodies have for submitting nomination papers. The watchdog workgroup organized meetings which included "watchers and "researchers" who would attend local government body meetings (i.e., school board, city council, etc.) and provide information as to what information was being discussed. The recruit and retain workgroup organized meetings aimed at creating a higher turnout at our public educational events and conducted advertising about our guest speakers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.5%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 42%; rating input score 42

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.5% of revenue deployed · 42% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.