Beautiful Trouble Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472115720
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
8315662834
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$346,876
Expenses
$170,960
Assets
$258,057
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NADINE BLOCH (Vice President)
  • ANDREW BOYD (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • NADINE BLOCH (Vice President): $23,108 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW BOYD (President): $12,683 total reported compensation
  • MARA RANVILLE (Treasurer): $1,445 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Corporation is organized for charitable and educational purposes, primarily for conducting training activities and to produce publications to help artists and community organizers be both more creative and effective.

What it reported doing in 2020

Development and Production of Campaigner Resources and Materials: The Organization has developed a "toolkit" of educational materials and learning resources which are made available to the public for free or low cost. These materials address how to create lasting social impact and make change in communities facing violence and injustice through showcasing examples of best practices in community organizing and the sharing of stories of actions from around the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.1%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 68.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 113.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.1% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $125K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.