Star Education Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472546270
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Saint Croix Falls, WI, USA
- Phone
- 7154832319
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,793
- Expenses
- $31,436
- Assets
- $156,117
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CATHY FRANDSEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TAWNYA KOENIG (DIRECTOR)
- DAWN F MIELKE (DIRECTOR)
- KENT YUNKER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the star education foundation is to enrich student lives and enhance education in an effort to ensure the success of our students.
What it reported doing in 2025
Assisted in providing basic student needs through the "backpack" program which sent backpacks of food home over the weekend to students on the free or reduced lunch program and "emergency clothing" program that provided clothing needed on short term notice in emergency situations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.6%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.97; rating input score 84; 84th 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: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.6% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.