Valley Outreach
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411452973
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Stillwater, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6514302739
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,100,780
- Expenses
- $4,824,506
- Assets
- $4,617,984
- Liabilities
- $152,526
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tracy Maki (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Tracy Maki (CEO): $151,990 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We help people move their lives forward through basic needs services and personalized support.
What it reported doing in 2024
Clothing Program: This year, we distributed approximately $673,000 worth of items through our thrift store, StyleXchange - with most items provided at no cost to clients, including warm winter gear like coats, hats, and gloves to help families stay safe and warm through Minnesotas cold months. Clients can shop using easy-to-use vouchers and no longer need an appointment - offering greater flexibility and convenience. Expanded store hours and discounts, made it easier than ever for clients and the public to find what they need. Selling about $20,500 worth of items also helped us raise funds to support our broader programs. Whether its outfitting kids in clothes that fit or helping adults find appropriate workplace attire, StyleXchange supports the whole family. All client services at Valley Outreach remain free of charge.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.