The Consolution Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841861500
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Minnetonka, MN, USA
Phone
9525449818
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$194,099
Expenses
$264,688
Assets
$6,132
Liabilities
$63,700

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DAVID ORBUCH (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DAVID LUI (BOARD MEMBER)
  • BRIAN COOK (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The consolution project is dedicated to helping community organizations become more healthy, effective, and sustainable. We believe the best way to make that happen is to invest in your people and your operations.

What it reported doing in 2020

The consolution project is dedicated to helping community organizations become more healthy, effective, and sustainable. We believe the best way to make that happen is to invest in your people and your operations. Who we serve: through the consolution experience, we provide coaching, training and shared funding exclusively for the people doing the day-to-day work of community organizations. This includes not for profits, government agencies, and educational institutions. What we do: through customized coaching and training, our team helps you to clear productivity roadblocks so you can achieve your goals faster and with less frustration. How we help: our consolution coordinator connects you with the right coach or consultant for your needs and a contributor to help share training and coaching costs. Our coaches and consultants use proven tools and processes to enhance your operations in five key areas: leadership development, team health, organizational effectiveness, strategic planning, and decision making and project management. The result? Resilient organizations that can handle any challenge!

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.1%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 12.5%; rating input score 13

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: -36.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 10.39; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -170.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.1% of revenue deployed · 12.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.