Dr and Mrs Isidore Cohn Jr Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721427573
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Metairie, LA, USA
- Phone
- 5045244559
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,887
- Expenses
- $423,424
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SAUNDRA K LEVY (DIRECTOR): $24,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Support of various charitable organizations
What it reported doing in 2019
Contributions to charitable organizations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 2
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 97.7%; rating input score 98; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,672.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 66.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $423K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.