Drawn from Valor Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812308412
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Gainesville, FL, USA
Phone
3525191562
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$218,226
Expenses
$474,680
Assets
$219,432
Liabilities
$54,286

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSIE DICKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSIE DICKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $69,583 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of drawn from valor, inc. Is to empower individuals and families to understand and manage their mental and physical health conditions with free, science-backed resources.

What it reported doing in 2020

Impact: in 2020, we sought to increase sustainability and expand our reach to better serve our mission. Our efforts focused on developing content and expanding our social media following, as well as strengthening industry and strategic partnerships. For example, we attended the annual animation industry conference kidscreen in miami, fl, and we continued to build and develop our relationship with animation software and product companies toon boom animation and wacom, in-kind sponsors of drawn from valor. Our work was recognized and shared by the american public health association, the walt disney family museum, and the reale monthly film festival.covid-19 / mental health awareness month/ ptsd awareness month: in 2020, we created the dfv thinks series, a 55-part series of animated videos, infographics, and digital comics to address covid-19, mental health awareness month, and ptsd awareness month. They addressed sub-topics like trauma, anxiety, and grief; we created them in partnership with subject matter experts in the fields of counseling.type 1 diabetes: we partnered with the university of Florida to create expanded components of our type 1 diabetes series called "kara and the (not so) dire beastie." we worked with dr. Angelina bernier to update the videos in the new onset diabetes educator, and also partnered with students in case western university's collaborative practice i class to create new materials and activities that can be shared on our website.ptsd / trauma: in addition to our work on ptsd awareness month, we continued work on our animated short "oinya's prize and continued creating storylines for our animated series "the tales of the golden acorn," about the impacts of trauma and ptsd on kids and families. Other health issues: we created an animated short and digital comic from our cost-effective framework "adventure castle." the animated short, "quarantine: trapped in the lab" received recognition from the reale monthly film festival and was accepted into the wgn women's film festival. Our adventure castle digital comic is about anxiety.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -117.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.7%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $332K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.