Winneshiek Energy District

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271525603
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Decorah, IA, USA
Phone
5633824207
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,889
Expenses
$194,870
Assets
$259,472
Liabilities
$5,321

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZACHARY FROMM (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTIN EGGEN (Director)
  • KRISTINE KOPPERUD (MEMBER)
  • ZACHARY FROMM (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To promote economic health and sustainable development in winneshiek county through reducing energy costs and promoting local energy sources and related economic activity.to work towards a more sustainable society in winneshiek county and its communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Reducing the ecological and climate impacts on energy use within winneshiek county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $145K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.