Volunteers of America Northern Rockies Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830962197
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Sheridan, WY, USA
Phone
3076720475
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,063
Expenses
$43,455
Assets
$1,571,592
Liabilities
$63,453

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF HOLSINGER (CEO OF VOA-NR)
  • KARL CLINE (FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFF HOLSINGER (CEO OF VOA-NR): $553,506 total reported compensation
  • KARL CLINE (FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $156,934 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation exists to gather, manage, and distribute resources to support the mission and priorities of voa northern rockies (voanr).

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation exists to gather, manage, and distribute resources to support the mission andpriorities of voa northern rockies (voanr). -grow an endowment to address the long-term priorities of voanr -manage endowment funds appropriately in pursuit of the objectives of the foundation and voanr -cultivate prospective donors and steward existing donors -solicit cash, securities, real and intellectual property, and other private resources for the support of voanr -acknowledge and steward gifts in accordance with donor intent and its fiduciary responsibilities -distribute foundation funds to voanr

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 45.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 36.17; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 742.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 73.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -179.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $554K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.