The Marston Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920696589
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Jefferson City, MO, USA
Phone
9544593936
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,148
Expenses
$100,211
Assets
$314
Liabilities
$379

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TATUM MARTIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TATUM MARTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • GREG JOHNSTON (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JULIANA HERNANDEZ (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The marston foundation is a not-for-profit organization established within the laws of the Missouri commonwealth with a mission to support and promote self-management processes within the stakeholders in low-income and underdeveloped communities. We believe that this segment of the population is under-served and deserves the same opportunities and privileges of business and land development education. Our goal is to uplift these communities and make them aware of our programs and their potential for growth.

What it reported doing in 2024

I) uplift the community via brick and mortar, new construction, redevelopment, remodeling, etc. Ii) teaching via general education, business education, consulting and advising stakeholders, such as business owners, incubators, landowners, and developers. The marston foundation vision is to be a dynamic and effective tool for the low-income and underdeveloped communities in their social and economic development.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.6%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 14

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -149.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.21; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -80.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -198% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.6% of revenue deployed · 14.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.