Committee for American Debate Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853316678
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7133417916
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Voter Education, Registration
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $3,206
- Assets
- $31,895
- Liabilities
- $1,800
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM O PERKINS III (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WILLIAM O PERKINS III (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
- KAYLA BRUZZESE (DIRECTOR AND 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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of committee for american debate shall be to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government and to act on selected governmental issues.
What it reported doing in 2023
Committee for american debate (cad) focuses on various ways to include political parties outside of the democrat and republican parties in the american political discourse.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 9.95; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th 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: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.