Chums Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 546053077
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Beachwood, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2164067677
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,810
- Expenses
- $101,697
- Assets
- $167,523
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARBARA NEVILLE (PRESIDENT)
- MARSHA INGERSOLL (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BARBARA NEVILLE (PRESIDENT)
- MARSHA INGERSOLL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOYCE FREEMAN-BAKER (RECORDING SECRETARY)
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
Promote civic, cultural, educational and social improvement to children and community
What it reported doing in 2024
Black Girls Code - $5000 Life Pieces to Masterpieces - $5005 National Chapter Attendance Awards - $500 National Project Awards - $600 National Scholarship Awards - $5500
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 16
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 16
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -39.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16% of revenue deployed · 16.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.