Springbrook Nature Center Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237401835
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
7635723588
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,358
Expenses
$57,483
Assets
$184,749

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Kimberly Tillberry (Treasurer)
  • Gary Bank (Director)
  • Neal Hayford (Chairman)

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

To provide guidance and improvements that will help fulfill the mission of Springbrook.

What it reported doing in 2025

Summer Camp for 500+ children Environmental Education programming for 10,000+ people Maintained trails and amenities for tens of thousands of visitors Pumpkin Night in the Park for more than 2,300 people (in addition to 650 pumpkin carving volunteers) Eco Fun Fair, Winterfest were free public events for between 300-600 participants Series of 4 Lantern Light Hikes held throughout the winter for more than 100 people each event Nurtured school partnerships with Fridley Public Schools (preK - 4th grade) and Adams Elementary (K-5th grade) Cared for and programmed with 13 reptiles and amphibian ambassador animals

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.21; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -22.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.