The Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411327954
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Glyndon, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2184982679
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Bird Sanctuary, Preserve
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,963
- Expenses
- $25,236
- Assets
- $78,326
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIAN WINTER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRIAN WINTER (PRESIDENT)
- ROSS HIER (VICE PRES/SE)
- STACY SALVEVOLD (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 society is to engage in activities beneficial to prairie habitats and the greater prairie chicken. These activities may include research, management, education, and the coordination of fundraising activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided public education on prairie grasslands, native american culture, and wildlife issues via the production of newsletters, organizational brochures and gathering yearly census data.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -80.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 75; 75th 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: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.