Dorill Initiative Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824767340
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9736002294
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,748
Expenses
$284,164
Assets
$6,785
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAREAKE DORILL (FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • TAREAKE DORILL (FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KATIE CUNNINGHAM (BOARD CHAIR)
  • BARBARA DIGANGI (BOARD VICE CHAIR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dorill initiative is a multidisciplinary arts organization committed to empowering youth to tell their stories and transform communities through literary, visual and performing arts education.

What it reported doing in 2024

The dorillway is our instructional vision for our dorill young citizen artists as they become team builders & collaborators, creators, problem-seekers and project managers who seek opportunities to have a positive impact on their local, national and global communities. Young citizen artists will interact and engage in creative maker spaces learner-driven, culturally responsive-sustaining spaces with multidisciplinary experiences that promote artistic and creative expression, academic enrichment and community engagement.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -54.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $270K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.