Consumer Education Council of North America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851693241
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Reston, VA, USA
Phone
9177460707
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Consumer Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,000
Expenses
$97,261
Assets
$1,118
Liabilities
$16,013

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JONATHAN L HOOD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JONATHAN L HOOD (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES R HOOD (SECRETARY & TREASURER)
  • JOHN H KNOWLES (BOARD 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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Consumer education council of north america reviews a variety of consumer products and creates educational materials for consumers to compare products based on safety standards , quality standards, liability, and value to consumers.

What it reported doing in 2022

Consumer educational materials that benefits 100,000people through brochures, booklets, presentations, photos, and videos.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -35.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 14.32; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.