Wentzville Economic Development Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431699977
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Wentzville, MO, USA
Phone
6363275101
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$319,129
Assets
$5,018,880
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BILL KRAL (PRESIDENT)
  • KURT DANIELS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT HUSSEY (DIRECTOR): $11,356 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing for the planning, development, acquisition, construction, etc. Of public buildings, facilities, streets, furnishings, and equipment for the benefit or use of the city. Additionally, the entity is to promote and market economic development, expansion and growth.

What it reported doing in 2025

Issued leasehold revenue bonds in connection with acquiring real estate to be developed into a business park, construction of water and wastewater systems and roadways for the business park, the purchase and construction of a new police headquarters, expansion of city's wastewater treatment plant, to build water towers, rebuild wastewater lift station and force main, and to do stormwater projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.73; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $319K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.