Tip Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411404865
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brainerd, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2183268477
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fishing, Hunting
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $163,456
- Expenses
- $76,336
- Assets
- $468,428
- Liabilities
- $2,226
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PETER LODERMEIER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PETER LODERMEIER (PRESIDENT)
- LEN MILES (VICE PRESIDE)
- DIANE BRITTON (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Education-tip educates the general public and outdoor users that poaching is a violation of state and federal game and fish laws. Tip also maintains the statewide hotline.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.9%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 53.3%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.14; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.9% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- 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 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.