Darien Advocates for Education of the Gifted
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061048343
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Darien, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2032029327
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,009
- Expenses
- $4,987
- Assets
- $107,697
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALYSON JOHNSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
- CAROLINE COMFORT (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EVELYN SMALDON (TREASURER)
- ALYSON JOHNSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
- CAROLINE COMFORT (CO-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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide educational activities
What it reported doing in 2021
Cranium challenge program
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.6; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.