Spooner Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392026527
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Spooner, WI, USA
Phone
7156352171
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,010
Expenses
$3,314
Assets
$204,114
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARIN BAIER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DARIN BAIER (PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA SUNDERLAND (SECRETARY)
  • ANDI NEUBICH (TREASURER)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Enhance education of spooner area youth

What it reported doing in 2016

Paid several grants to teachers & programs in the spooner school district to improve the educational experience.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 91% 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

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.4%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 72.9%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 90%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 61.59; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 60% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.4% of revenue deployed · 72.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • 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 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.