Big Future Group Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364716837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2013
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2122558025
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,000
Expenses
$127,068
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON DAVIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON DAVIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ERIC ROTHSTEIN (CHAIR)
  • ARUN RIMAL (TREASURER)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to work with impoverished communities and local professionals to design and build sustainable infrastructure that meets the specific needs of communities both in and outside of the united states. We work to create interdisciplinary platforms that significantly improve local economies, social health, and the mental, physical, and moral well-being within communities and leave them with technologies that can be replicated elsewhere. We are guided by close collaboration, civic participation, community involvement, and a synthesis among disciplines, one that blurs the traditional lines between architecture, engineering, and landscape in order to create vibrant, innovative places that improve specific economic, social, and environmental conditions.

What it reported doing in 2016

Seeds of africa - seeds of africa dream school, adama, ethiopia. A new building and related facilities are to be constructed on a plot of land yet to be located and procured by the owner. The building shall comprise a school and community center that can accommodate 600 students with up to 30 classrooms, administration building and recreational facilities. The owner expects this school to become a model for free student and adult education in the region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 63% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -747.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 16.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.