Grapevine Giving Foundation

Overview

Mission

Through the activities described above, grapevine giving foundation will help people make more of a difference together with products and services that support collective impact accross the arts, education, community, environment and more.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mission is to democratize philanthropy by making giving simple, dynamic, connected and joyful. Through the activities described above, grapevine giving foundation will help people make more of a difference together with products and services that support collective impact accross the arts, education, community, environment and more. We connect people and grow the greater good by increasing charitable activities in the areas of arts, education, community, environment and more as well as other charities that support causes and represent the philanthropic wishes and geographic regions of donors of grapevine giving foundation. Grapevine giving foundation seeks to revolutionize philanthropy through the power of collective giving. Grapevine giving foundation facilitates charitable donations, offers tax receipts, and provides additional philanthropic resources like seed funding and donation matching to giving circles. In this way, grapevine giving foundation is growing and propelling the giving circle movement.

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872389502
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9173455544
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 65.9%; rating input score 66; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 537 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 538 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.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.