Betterment Association of the Everglades Area Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 650057930
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020
- Location
- Everglades City, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2398255762
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,364
- Expenses
- $75,427
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROL FOSS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARY JANE BALLARD (SECRETARY)
- JOANN CARROLL (DIRECTOR)
- STANFORD DANIELS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish and maintain betterment and improvement programs in the local community; to provide assistance in bettering commuity facilities; to better community services; improve the appearance of the local community; to assist in community projects; to provide scholarships for community students; to provide for community school sports & other activities; to provide assistance with the cost of medical care and other care in aid of the indigent.
What it reported doing in 2020
Community children's activities, including after-school childrens activities club and annual christmas gifts to community children
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 39.2%; rating input score 39
- Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -107.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 39.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2013 to 2020
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.