Ending Spending Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272189012
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8132543369
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Government and Public Administration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,000,000
Expenses
$1,620,942
Assets
$3,001,645
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN C BAKER (PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL)
  • LAUREN E KIRSHNER (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN C BAKER (PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL): $810,465 total reported compensation
  • LAUREN E KIRSHNER (VICE-PRESIDENT): $312,555 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ending spending promotes public policies, increases government transparency and accountability, and promotes fiscal discipline.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ending spending's activities in 2024 focused on continuing its program of researching the causes and effects of out-of-control spending at the state and federal levels, and educating the american public on the dangers of deficit spending and the accumulation of debt. Ending spending promoted fiscal discipline, advocated for an end to wasteful and excessive government spending generally, promoted appropriate and ethical behavior among elected officials and sponsored activities promoting grass roots lobbying on the same subjects.

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.8%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 13
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.6%; rating input score 98; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.8% of revenue deployed · 12.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $205K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $810K · 4 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.