Wright County Community Action Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 410904809
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Maple Lake, MN, USA
- Phone
- 3209636500
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,989,193
- Expenses
- $6,020,505
- Assets
- $2,623,404
- Liabilities
- $770,130
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARRIE TRIPP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CARRIE TRIPP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $115,606 total reported compensation
- KATIE JO BISCHOF (FORMER FISCAL MANAGER): $49,570 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Working in partnership with the community to empower residents to improve their physical, social and economic well-being. We work to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty.
What it reported doing in 2024
We address economic disadvantages and community development with a multifaceted approach that individually confronts each challenge faced by low-income families. At our core, we help the people we serve to build a more secure future. We utilize community needs assessments and input from community partners to establish services. This fiscal year, wcca served 12,424 individuals from over 4,300 households. Of these, more than 1,300 (11%) were over the age of 65, and over 5,080 (40%) were under the age of 18. Program specific services includes: head start served 177 households; transitional housing program served 18 homeless families through rent support and case management; 52 households received personalized foreclosure counseling; the food shelf supported 723 households and distributed emergency clothing to 40 households through the thrift shop; 385 households had their taxes prepared by our volunteers; our aging services helped 146 households with an older adult maintain independent living; energy assistance was provided to 1,924 households and 34 of these were able to have weatherization services completed; 236 individuals were served by a mnsure navigator. Finally, our wic program served 2,980 individuals, which surpassed the state's expected caseload for the county. Outcomes data can be found in our annual report.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 17 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $300K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.