Council of International Fashion Designers Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262170048
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Plantation, FL, USA
Phone
9544765761
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Assets
$0
Liabilities
$154

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETTY C FERRERO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BETTY C FERRERO (PRESIDENT)
  • SANDRA K RACICOT (SECRETARY)
  • STEVEN LEVY (TREASURER)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To further charitable, philanthropic and educational initiatives on issues that are of specific concern to the international design community. This includes raising awareness as well as money for AIDS and breast cancer research; providing clothing to the needy, supporting non-profit educational institutions that educate students in fashion design; promotion of the art of fashion design in the community; encouraging students to enter the field of fashion design; and sponsoring students of fashion design based on need at industry events.

What it reported doing in 2016

Miami fashion week production

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -62.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.1% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2016
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.