The Knowledge Project Childrens Creative Writing Campaign
Overview
Mission
To cultivate good citzenship and self-reliance and empower students with knowledge and the skills to be literate thinkers and effective communicators
What it reported doing in 2020
TKP published the first issue of TEENS MIND done in collaboration with Professional Performing Arts School and prepared a second issue of the proposed bi-annual teen zine - online and printed publication of writings and images by teens for teens. Engaged Media and Writing consultants to facilitate online programs and Masterclasses in Writing, Media and Communications such as: WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE, TEENS WRITE COMEDY, PODCASTING, STREET STRINGERS (a journalism initiative)and HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE IN 24 HOURS, etc. The TKP team learned to effectively use ZOOM and train facilitating consultants and participants (the students and adults taking TKP programs) to use ZOOM and alternative telecommunication platforms. The team also created Social Media elements to publicize the online Writing and Communication programs.
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 nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133839510
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 51
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -490.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1,673.06; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 50.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2009 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.