Timber Trails Public Transit Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411934857
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Milaca, MN, USA
- Phone
- 3209835964
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,186,408
- Expenses
- $1,072,730
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of timber trails public transit, inc. Is to satisfy the transportation needs of mille lacs couty residents, of all ages, by providing information and referrals, safe and affordable public transit, and volunteer driver services.
What it reported doing in 2010
Timber trails public transit, inc. Offers safe and affordable transportation, provided by a caring staff, through public transit and volunteer driver programs. Our goal is to be the only phone number that mille lacs and kanebec county residents, of any age, needs in order to access service and to get information about transportation providers in the area. Public transit buses provided 23,305 rides in 2009 and our volunteer drivers drove 559,586 miles (about 46,650 per month).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $915K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.