Cornucopia Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391865263
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Madison, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6082497477
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Mental Health Center
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,973
- Expenses
- $96,469
- Assets
- $10,990
- Liabilities
- $16,144
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERYL SCHUCK (PRESIDENT)
- KARI HELGREN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KAREN HERRO (EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- SHERYL SCHUCK (PRESIDENT)
- KARI HELGREN (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cornucopia, inc. Is an arts and wellness activities center run by and for people who have mental health issues and their allies. We celebrate creativity and diversity through mutual support. We promote growth and dignity by helping members develop individual strengths and talents for use in building upon self-directed recovery, community, and life skills.
What it reported doing in 2019
We offer arts, computer and internet access, and wellness programs. We serve primarily people in mental health and/or substance use recovery. We network with mental health programs and agencies in madison and dane county, and affiliate peer support sites. In 2019, we served approximately 100 people.we offer services through the comprehensive community services program of dane county. We provide clients with certified peer specialists and individual skills development specialists.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
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: -0.5%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.47; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.