Deaf and or Blind Childrens Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870615673
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Ogden, UT, USA
Phone
8014148434
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,618
Expenses
$7,583
Assets
$78,834
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Leah Voorhies (Chairperson)
  • Janna Bailey (Secretary)
  • Mary Ann Smail (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide hearing/visual services to youth with hearing/visual impairments.

What it reported doing in 2014

Sponsor & provide educational and charitable services for children and youth with hearing and vision impairments (5 beneficiaries)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 61.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.4; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3% of revenue deployed · 7.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $586 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.