Celebrity Adventures Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 473454437
IRS 990 coverage: 2016–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone: 8778295500
Rating: 78
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,661,037
Expenses: $2,876,237
Assets: $4,907,489
Liabilities: $3,749,287

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JIMMY WALKER (CEO & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

SEAN CURRIE (EXEC DIR./SECRETARY & TREASURER): $364,490 total reported compensation
JIMMY WALKER (CEO & PRESIDENT): $225,084 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

What it reported doing in 2024

Celebrity adventures, inc. Is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that was established to promote ongoing efforts to eliminate sickness and poverty on a global scale in the united states and countries around the world. The donations raised on the charity trips the foundation produces have provided valuable funds for the andrea bocelli foundation, grace sober living, the reba mcentire fund, the david foster foundation, and other charitable organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 88
Transparency & Controls: 72
Accountability: 72
Sustainability: 27
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
Fundraising efficiency: $48.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $364K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.