Wimbledon Community Grocery

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474965146
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wimbledon, ND, USA
Phone
7014352464
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$455,344
Expenses
$462,150
Assets
$70,693
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Clemens (President)
  • Garret Steckler (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Clemens (President)
  • Garret Steckler (Vice President)
  • Linda Grotberg (Secretary/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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Increasing numbers of rural communities find themselves without a reliable healthy food source which in turn causes the decline of the community. To drive 30 miles of more for food, other than gas station convenience store items, is impossible for some and inconvenient for others. High operating costs, narrow profit margins, and affordable satisfactory labor are sited in the ND Rural Grocers 2015 survey are some of the major issues facing small groceries and causing a rising number of closures. This partially caused the sale of the privately owned Wimbledon grocery to BSG, Inc., a for profit corporation owned by stockholders in 2006. The purpose was to provide a grocery and cafe for the community and surrounding area. After 6 years operating the business had not turned a profit and BSG voted to turn over the remaining asset s to Wimbledon Grocery when the members of the non-profit corporation obtained a 501 (C)(3) exemption status. The non-profit corp operates the full service grocery.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Wimbledon Community Grocery store is the only full-service rural grocery in a 3 county area. It provides a full line of canned goods, dairy, meat, fresh produce, frozen foods, bread, and bakery items. It is open 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday though Saturday, along with self-check out membership access 24/7. The expenses are the cost of goods and th revenue the gross sales of goods.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $462K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.