Cans for Kids Inc Co Gary Raffia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061630886
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Enfield, CT, USA
Phone
8609165407
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,949
Expenses
$94,434
Assets
$11,193
Liabilities
$899

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARY RAFFIA (President)

People named in this filing

  • GARY RAFFIA (President)
  • PIERRE LESSARD (Director)
  • MARGARET BOUCHER (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

To help sick children through donations from the redemption of deposits on cans and bottles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Can and bottle redemptions were donated to several charities relating to sick children. Ct children's medical center - $60,000, st. Jeanne jugan parish - $500, enfield fourth of july celebration - $500, enfield loaves & fishes - $1,500, the anderson family - $1,000, the thibodeau family - $500.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.9%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 32.2%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -36.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.9% of revenue deployed · 32.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.