Civic Collaborative Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204146236
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 2253876126
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $91,428
- Expenses
- $457,455
- Assets
- $302,114
- Liabilities
- $5,760
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chris Meyer (President)
- Brenna Benson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Chris Meyer (President)
- Deborah D Pickell (Treasurer)
- Edmund Giering IV (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
Civic Collaborative Foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to function as a supporting organization of The Baton Rouge Area Foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a)(3) of the Code. In furtherance of these purposes, the Foundation shall support, promote, and conduct activities that strengthen civic leadership, promote innovative problem-solving, foster collaboration among public, private, and nonprofit entities, and enhance the quality of life and social and economic well-being of the communities served by The Baton Rouge Area Foundation through strategic initiatives, partnerships, and philanthropic support. The Foundation shall carry out its purposes by making grants, providing technical assistance, convening stakeholders, and engaging in other lawful charitable activities consistent with its status as a supporting organization.
What it reported doing in 2024
To support the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in its charitable purposes that strengthen civic leadership, promote innovative problem-solving, foster collaboration among public, private, and nonprofit entities and enhance the quality of life and social and economic well-being of the communities served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.4%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 4
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -400.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -30.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -23% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.4% of revenue deployed · 3.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 36 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.