Distribution and Assistance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471404469
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Branson, MO, USA
Phone
9134169598
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,255
Expenses
$252,794
Assets
$171,071
Liabilities
$140

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK SCRIBNER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK SCRIBNER (PRESIDENT): $12,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide distribution, assistance, relief, resources and supplies to individuals and like-minded organizations in response to poverty, disaster, and other need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Strategic program partners. The organization collaborated with other like-minded universities, churches, and public charities in the united states and charitable organizations in the united kingdom to expand the reach of distribution & assistance and to further its exempt purpose. Through this program, the organization provided technical assistance for organizational support, legal structure in dissolution matters, financial counseling, and audit preparation for organizations, volunteer staff programming, logistical support, transportation, communications, statistical calculation, and due care and attention in the provision of distribution, assistance, relief, resources and supplies in response to poverty, disaster, and other need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -446.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $238K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.