Herbert Lee Grayson Foundation Inc

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2015

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $1,000. The stated grant purpose was educational, charitable & cultural.

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
133871882
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2015
Headquarters
Greenwich, CT, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. The available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 97

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90; 66th 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: 48.49; rating input score 97; 97th 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: 97th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2013 to 2015
  • 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.