Wilderness Wind Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 481032243
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Ely, MN, USA
- Phone
- 3162171129
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,394
- Expenses
- $109,035
- Assets
- $343,972
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To nurture our relationship with God and creation through wilderness living, which promotes spirituality, cooperation and environmental sustainability. Wilderness Wind is a non profit organization that works with people of all ages, skill levels and physical abilities. We create experiences that focus on spiritual and personal growth within the context of the vast wilderness areas of the Minnesota Boundary Waters and Canadian Quetico. In this wilderness setting, people nurture their relationship with God, learn about themselves, work with others and rediscover the life-sustaining nature of Earth.
What it reported doing in 2011
Wilderness Programs: Presented educational and spiritual growth programs to 167 people/campers. Provided base camp facilities, transportation and other support for an additional 130 campers through Big City Mountaineers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.