Sarafian Foundation

Overview

Mission

Arts Council/Agency

What it reported funding in 2020

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $5,000. The stated grant purpose was music education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133852316
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2020
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 78

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 23.67; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 78th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 8 annual filings from 2013 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.