Big Skills Tiny Homes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814149667
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
San Anselmo, CA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Job Training

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,015
Expenses
$125,574
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Sean (Ticknor)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Big Skills Tiny Homes provides self-discovery mentoring and skill development to students interested in the trades. Through the process of building a tiny home from scratch to completion students are exposed to a variety of trade disciplines and are empowered to identify their future career path.

What it reported doing in 2023

The ED will lead a team of four high school graduate team members to build a Tiny Home from scratch to completion. The tiny home will be like any other typical home it will have plumbing electricity wood framed walls with windows and doors and roofing. It will be finished with custom cabinets tile and hardwood flooring. The team members will work Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for nine months. Throughout the process each student will be exposed to a wide range of construction skills including carpentry plumbing electrical work roofing tiling trim work and finishing. Additionally by working as a team on a daily basis each student will further their leadership decision-making problem-solving and communication skills. After the tiny home is built participants will undergo career planning sessions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -23.1%; rating input score 7; 7th 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: 36.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -47.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.