Douglas County Car Care Program

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Alexandria, MN501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 46-1164691Revenue $687K in FY2024

On file with the IRScarcareprogram.org209 6th Ave E, 56308-1803 · Alexandria, MNTax-exempt since Aug 2013Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide Car Care to enable independence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 83 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $73K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$87K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 78% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $106K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$211K
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$687K
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$628K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$547K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$687K
FY2024▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$627K
FY2021$678K
FY2022$893K
FY2023$664K
FY2024$687K
Expenses
$628K
FY2024▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$563K
FY2021$566K
FY2022$767K
FY2023$660K
FY2024$628K
Net assets
$547K
FY2024▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$246K
FY2021$358K
FY2022$484K
FY2023$488K
FY2024$547K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $605K Management & general 2% · $11K Fundraising 2% · $12K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $87K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$87,018Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Im. Past. President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristofor Chisholm’s $87K as Executive Director is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristofor Chisholm$87,018$84,484$81,702$75,190$75,190

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides car repairs and maintenance to help people maintain their independence.

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1 program · $605K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The purpose of the organization is to provide reliable affordable transportation to individuals and families that otherwise would not be served by public or private entities. As a result, these people now have reliable transportation to be gainfully employed, go to medical appointments and care for their families on their own.

$605Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
CommunitygivingFY2024$22K
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$106K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$687K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$684K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$136
Money outPt IX
$628K
Ln 25
Programscol B$605K
Managementcol C$11K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$547K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20K
Total assetsLn 16$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$684K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$213K
Investment incomeLn 3$136
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$687K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
SavingsLn 2$632
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$609K
Other assetsLn 15$500
Total assetsLn 16$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
Net assetsLn 32$547K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 683
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$98K$20K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$621K$609K
Total assetsLn 16$779K$758K
LiabilitiesLn 26$291K$211K
Net assetsLn 32$488K$547K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$277K$277K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$87K$82K$2K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$138K$130K$3K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3K$2K$52$90
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$16K$344$601
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$16K$15K$315$551
Office expensesLn 13$12K$11K$233$407
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K$23$40
OccupancyLn 16$14K$13K$279$488
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$136$128$3$5
InterestLn 20$13K$12K$262$458
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$35K$738$1K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$9K$193$337
Total functional expensesLn 25$628K$605K$11K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $687K$628K$59K$547K 990 PDF
FY2023 $664K$660K$4K$488K 990 PDF
FY2022 $893K$767K$126K$484K 990 PDF
FY2021 $678K$566K$112K$358K 990 PDF
FY2020 $627K$563K$65K$246K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $686,962 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $664,596$684,192
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$5,626$136
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,443$2,634
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $664,413$686,962
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $347,994$277,366
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $216,138$244,343
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $95,987$106,505
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $660,119$628,214
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,294$58,748
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $686,962 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$684,192
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$213,255
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$684,192
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $136$136
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $2,634$2,634
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,770$686,962
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $628,214 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $277,366$277,366
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $82,232 · Management $1,740 · Fundraising $3,046$87,018
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $130,001 · Management $2,751 · Fundraising $4,815$137,567
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,435 · Management $52 · Fundraising $90$2,577
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,236 · Management $344 · Fundraising $601$17,181
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,283$4,283
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $14,873 · Management $315 · Fundraising $551$15,739
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,002 · Management $233 · Fundraising $407$11,642
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,091 · Management $23 · Fundraising $40$1,154
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,174 · Management $279 · Fundraising $488$13,941
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $128 · Management $3 · Fundraising $5$136
IX-20 InterestPrograms $12,358 · Management $262 · Fundraising $458$13,078
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,869 · Management $738 · Fundraising $1,291$36,898
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,104 · Management $193 · Fundraising $337$9,634
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $604,869 · Management $11,216 · Fundraising $12,129$628,214
Part X · Balance sheet $757,559 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $79,613$18,898
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $18,626$632
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,200$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $55,744$128,143
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $620,832$609,220
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $223$166
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$500
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $779,238$757,559
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,619$14,380
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $291,292$210,864
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $487,946$546,695
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $487,946$546,695
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $779,238$757,559
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $546,695 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$686,962
XI-2 Total expenses$628,214
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$58,748
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$487,946
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$1
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$546,695

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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