Saint Paul Central Scholarship Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411785943
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6125549971
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,171
Expenses
$90,012
Assets
$294,063
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE CARROLL (PRESIDENT)
  • GENEVIEVE ZIMMERMAN (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN BENNETT (DIRECTOR)
  • JAMEY FLANNERY (DIRECTOR)
  • MYLA POPE-KAMANDA (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Funding and selecting recipients for a scholarship to support graduates of st. Paul central high school to continue their education.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization raises funds in order to award scholarships to graduating seniors at st. Paul central high school. In 2024, eleven graduates were awarded $7,500 each to support their continuing education including expenses relating to college, junior college, vocational school, university, or technical school. Scholarships may be used for any educational expense over the four years beginning on june 1 of the year the recipient graduates from st. Paul central high school. Recipients are chosen by a committee that reviews written applications and conducts in-person or remote interviews of finalists. In addition to the financial support, recipients are assigned a mentor that can provide additional non-monetary support and guidance as they continue their education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.