Bellwether Projects Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 753162675
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Tunbridge, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8028893474
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Film, Video
Reported finances
- Assets
- $241
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN O'BRIEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN O'BRIEN (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID ROCCHIO (SECRETARY)
- E WILLIAM STETSON III (VP, 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Bellwether projects was created to make a new kind of educational film. The company has a mission to produce films that educate both during the production process and through viewing the finished product. The films will cover subjects that students encounter in their studies (the environment, history, natural sciences), but the treatment of the themes will be original-by using humor and observation, by experimenting with storytelling and technical advances, and by collaborating with students and teachers, bellwether projects' films will have their own voice and credibility. The green movie, a feature film that explores the priorities of high school students and the challenges of saving the planet, is the first prodution of bellwether projects.
What it reported doing in 2024
The program expenses are paid to accomplish the overall educational objectives of the organization's exempt purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -25% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th 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: 1 of 1 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.