Citizen56 Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831856901
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Wayland, MA, USA
Phone
6177801660
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,782,648
Expenses
$759,331
Assets
$48,301,430
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM HANEY III (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM HANEY III (PRESIDENT)
  • MAURA MCCARTHY HANEY (TREASURER/SECRETARY)
  • TIM DISNEY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide educational information about history, democracy, science, social institutions and the environment via online service platforms and applications, film, books, and other forms of relevant media.

What it reported doing in 2024

- during 2024, the organization produced the social impact theatrical play "the poisoner" that was inspired by the flint water crisis. We partnered with several artists, environmental groups, and activists and held community talkbacks about people power in the fight for environmental justice.- our book imprint, great wide open press, published a book about ben franklin and the organization gave away copies to educators. Great wide open press also reprinted the book "this is what a hero looks like" to give away to schools, libraries, and eductional institutions. - the organization created education guides for the environmetal films "the last mountain and "life among whales and the racial justice film "american violet".

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 99
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.5%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 94.1%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 63.61; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 128.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.5% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $643K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $514K reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 10/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.