Deeds Action Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831985863
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5126957226
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Reported finances

Revenue
$203,855
Expenses
$203,887
Assets
$92,891
Liabilities
$227

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrea Reyes (Temp Executive Director)
  • Gjabrielle Guterrez (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Andrea Reyes (Temp Executive Director): $24,063 total reported compensation
  • Gjabrielle Guterrez (Executive Director): $22,309 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Galvanizing the power of young women to disrupt the status quo through organizing, policy-making, art and voting.

What it reported doing in 2024

Because our work focuses heavily on youth leadership development and advocacy, we believe in ensuring young people are prepared to tackle the issues that are impacting their lives. Deeds supports and develops young people in areas such as learning how to talk about critical issues impacting their communities, how to create solutions for said issues, and how to implement a solution through our programs. This process doesnt only help address issues happening in local communities or statewide, but it provides a deep investment in how a young person can build the leadership skills and form deeper connections between the policy gaps we know exist and impact young people everyday. Our vision is to ensure that we are equipping young people to create the change they know they deserve and need locally and the program is designed to ensure students learn how to effectively collaborate which we know are cornerstones to building power. While we recognize that engaging in voter registration work is important, we also place a big emphasis on turnout and ensuring young people feel empowered at the ballot box by having the right information on how & where to vote, qualifying photo ID documentation and materials needed to make an informed decision.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 55.5%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -41.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.5% of revenue deployed · 55.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $113K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.