Cheney Environmental Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237270880
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2021
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2021, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Cheney, WA, USA
Rating
29
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recycling Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$36
Expenses
$4,527

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Recycling Programs

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 92% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - A large share of spending goes to grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency: NotEnoughData
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 6

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Limited

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 7; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2021
  • 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.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 6/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.