Advancing Leadership Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200143032
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Federal Way, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2538382605
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Leadership Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,044
- Expenses
- $128,958
- Assets
- $101,806
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLINE VANDER ARK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ALLEN CHURCH (PAST PRESIDE)
- DAVID LARSON (DIRECTOR)
- JANICE SIEBENALER (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Advancing leadership transforms passionate people into a community of extraordinary leaders. Our comprehensive program builds relationships, develops personal strengths, and inspires a commitment to action. Advancing leadership has assisted more than 150 members of the community through it's adult and youth programs.
What it reported doing in 2017
Adult program - advancing leadership brings together people who live, work and/or volunteer in federal way for a comprehensive community experience. Over nine months, september to june, participants meet at different loctions around the city to learn about the important facets of a successful community, work with over 100 local leaders to develop personal leadership skills using our specialized training. The program culminates in a class project that utilizes collective strengths and leaves a lasting impact on federal way. Participants graduate from our program fully prepared to join the growing network of local leaders committed to driving positive change in our city and beyond. This program targets men and women who live, work or volunteer in federal way from every cultural and socio-economic background, stage of (adult) life and level of leadership experience. The program had 28 adult and 47 youth graduates.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 54; 54th 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: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $129K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.