Summit University Planning Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411278449
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512281855
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,241
Expenses
$115,866
Assets
$51,727
Liabilities
$15,252

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JENS WERNER (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • JACOB SOUTHWORTH (BOARD CHAIR)
  • JASON SHIGGS (VICE BOARD C)

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

Develop and promote community involvement & input

What it reported doing in 2024

Citizen participation and community engagement - to connect area residents with neighborhood issues that affect them. Held 9 board meetings that discussed specific neighborhood issues, 27 committee meetings that exploredthose issues in greater detail, and 3 community forums to engage neighbors directly. Participated in several virtual outreach events, connecting with and directly engaging with over 2500, regularly engaged community members during quarantine and social distancing through a variety of virtual and distances activities including, virtual events, text alert lists, and social media. Acted as a resource connecter to neighbors during times of shortages and scarcity. Addressed several large issues helping community to actively shape some of the things that impact district 8 - the summit university planning council's geographic area

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88

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: -21.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.