A Global Friendship
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260279949
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9174200397
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,029
- Expenses
- $91,506
- Assets
- $7,807
- Liabilities
- $258
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH FIRGELESKI (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH FIRGELESKI (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
- JEN SULLIVAN (BOARD MEMBER)
- ANNIE CASTELLANI (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide women with economic opportunity and educational programs.
What it reported doing in 2014
A global friendship develops communities by empowering women globally and creates economic opportunity for women in developing regions by building market access and small business skills.
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.