Coalition for Privacy and Free Trade

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462559190
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026376634
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,038
Assets
$8,921
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RONALD FRIEDMANN (CHAIRPERSON AND PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RONALD FRIEDMANN (CHAIRPERSON AND PRESIDENT)
  • BERNARD F MCKAY (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
  • JULIAN FLATMANT (ASSISTANT 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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate policymakers and the public on issues involving privacy and free trade in the developing world economy.

What it reported doing in 2015

Educate policymakers and members of the public regarding issues related to privacy and trade. And cross-border data flows. This program includes publishing content on the www.privacyandtrade.org blog, publishing opinion pieces on external media sites, speaking publicly, meeting with stakeholders and policymakers, and analyzing developments relating to data flows and privacy in trade policy.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.59; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.