The Wiegand Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200554645
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Chesterfield, MO, USA
Phone
3146513975
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,082
Expenses
$93,654
Assets
$1,134,157
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT TOTTERER (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • CINDY BLAKE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT TOTTERER (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • CINDY BLAKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CULLEN HARRIS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote service, volunteerism, patriotism, and artistic activities that benefit the community and country by providing artwork and space to nonprofit organizations and the u.s. Government to recognize significant accomplishments and contributions in those areas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Preserve. Educate. Inspire. The wiegand legacy is multi-faceted and includes the melding of creative art with natural art, as sculpture and music exist in harmony with wildlife, horticulture and architecture at the wiegand studio. Partnership with kindred spirits and like-minded nonprofits is pursued, as are commemoration and respect for history, patriotism, human accomplishment and aspiration, religion and artistic expression in its many forms. Some of the foundation's most significant bas relief reductions gifted directly by the foundation are: * stan musial, the city of st. Louis * lindbergh medals, the smithsonianplease see schedule o for a continuation of programming made possible by the wiegand foundation. Multiple other bas relief reductions are presently in use exclusively by non-profits to honor their specific mission and purpose. Some of the most notable are: to honor organ and tissue donors: *gift of life, mid-america transplant services (mts) to honor global business/economics: * murray weidenbaum, Washington university to honor philanthropy: * earl & myrtle walker, maryville university * e. Desmond and mary ann lee, university of Missouri - st. Louisspirit of hope. The foundation originated the administration of the spirit of hope awards. The navy, army, marine corp, air force, coast guard and the office of the secretary of defense each nominated one individual or organization whose patriotism and service to members of the united states armed forces, and their families, reflected the patriotism and service of bob hope.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $182.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.11; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.