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Mississippi Park Connection

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 87-0786530 · Environment · tax-exempt since 2007

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 56.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 14,690 environment nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.48.9 months21
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.37
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.85% from one source54
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.87.2%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.08not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$1.78M$1.34M$438K$5.47M48.918C
Sep 2024Form 990$1.54M$1.51M$31K$4.78M37.921B
Sep 2023Form 990$1.32M$1.35M−$30K$4.04M35.818C
Sep 2022Form 990$985K$1.16M−$175K$3.70M38.312D
Sep 2021Form 990$1.54M$1.30M$235K$4.22M38.89C
Jun 2019Form 990$1.13M$999K$130K$4.10M49.315C
Jun 2018Form 990$1.08M$1.07M$8,731$4.08M45.813C
Jun 2017Form 990$931K$609K$322K$3.98M78.513D
Jun 2016Form 990$717K$830K−$113K$3.34M48.317C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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