The Dragonfly Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412133653
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
9204502634
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,013
Expenses
$79,934
Assets
$317,874
Liabilities
$3,986

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tara Morrison (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Emma De Bruin (Chair)
  • Karen Bonde (Vice Chair)
  • Jennifer De Bruin (Secretary)

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 Dragonfly Project is to offer hope and comfort to those who are grieving, gently reminding them they are not alone and that the bond with their loved ones lives on. Through our "Adopt-A-State" program and cards available on our website, we share The Dragonfly Story and include a dragonfly keychain as a symbol of connection and hope. We also reach out to schools and communities affected by tragedy, sending cards and donating books to help support healing. Our focus is on being there when others may no longer know what to say, offering a quiet reminder that love endures.

What it reported doing in 2025

Books and music. We provide an illustrated book for children which explains the life of a dragonfly as it transforms from a dragonfly nymph into a glorious dragonfly. It is based on the dragonfly story we share in our cards. We also provide a Dragonfly Moments CD. This CD has a reading of the dragonfly story we share in our cards. Among other songs, it has a special song called Dragonfly Moments. This program provides people a way to understand their grief and to provide them comfort. This year we distributed 118 of The Dragonfly Door and The Dragonfly Secret books. We also distributed 18 of The Dragonfly Moments CDs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.1%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 46

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.98; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.1% of revenue deployed · 45.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.