The Giving Back Fund

Overview

Mission

To improve lives by expanding the number of people and the amount of resources dedicated to giving.

What it reported doing in 2025

Delivered more than 2 million deliveries of groceries to immunocompromised elderly in nyc; nexus---grew to 6,000 young people in 70 countries around the world representing a combined net worth of $750 billion all coming together to change the world for the better. Focusing on anti-human trafficking, climate change, impact investing, storytelling, indigenous populations, and so much more

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043367888
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
3106495222
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 52
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $910.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 56.4%; rating input score 56; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $297K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 35 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Marc Pollick (President & CEO): $297,370 total reported compensation
  • Rachel Gerrol (Nexus Exe Director): $265,000 total reported compensation
  • Elizabeth Heavener (Nexus COO): $225,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.