Coalition for Quality Childrens Media

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850398632
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Press

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,709
Expenses
$70,653
Assets
$2,945
Liabilities
$161,010

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RANNY LEVY (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY KENNEY (VICE PRESIDENT PROJECT COORDINATOR)

People named in this filing

  • RANNY LEVY (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY KENNEY (VICE PRESIDENT PROJECT COORDINATOR)
  • ED GREENE (BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER)

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

Primary exempt purpose - teach children critical viewing skills to make them conscientious media users and to increase the visibility and availability of quality childrens media.

What it reported doing in 2024

Kids first! Film critics program is a national program which engages kids as active youth entertainment reporters. In its twelfth year this program has become a hallmark effort of the organization as reviews by the youth reporters reach an audience of 7+ million every month through the organizations website social media pages newsletter and partnership with other print and online publications including youtube kidzville news upscale magazine press4kids voice america press page media play news grand magazine and 50+ additional regional online and print publications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73

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: 0.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 54.67; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.