Chicken Soup Plus Charitable Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911751324
IRS 990-PF coverage
2015–2015
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2015
Location
West Sacramento, CA, USA
Rating
27
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$476

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The endowment provides a meaningful financial cushion. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency: NotEnoughData
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 99

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 34; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Limited

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 158.07; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Investments: 99th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.