A Dime and a Penny Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274745406
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Sylvan Lake, MI, USA
Phone
2488674884
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,052
Expenses
$240,821
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MONNI MUST (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA SCHELSINGER (DIRECTOR)
  • ALLISON KAPLAN (DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN KAHN (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This organization was formed to sponsor special events and activities and provide distributions to qualified charitable organizations which meet the requirements of section 501(c)(3). The organization hosts a variety of events, exhibits and other creative projects for the purpose of helping people achieve closure in the wake of loss, facing life's challenging and tragic times and finding such closure through artistic mediums. The organization uses photography, storytelling, music and other creativemedia in its events, exhibits and projects to heal, transform and improve quality of life for the community. Each event, exhibit and project has an educational purpose, with corresponding books, and presentations.

What it reported doing in 2015

The organization hosts a variety of events, exhibits and other creative projects for the purpose of helping people achieve closure in the wake of loss, facing life's challenging and tragic times and finding such closure through artistic mediums. The organization uses photography, storytelling, music and other creative media in its events, exhibits and projects to heal, transform and improve quality of life for the community. Each event, exhibit and project has an educational purpose, with corresponding books, and presentations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -55.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -41.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.