Entrepreneurs for Sustainability
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202031572
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2164517755
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $432,135
- Expenses
- $324,358
- Assets
- $189,019
- Liabilities
- $5,574
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To build a sustainable economy in northeast Ohio by advancing the idea that sustainability principles are drivers for new business opportunities and improved quality of life, thereby creating prosperity, personal and planetary health and social equity.
What it reported doing in 2010
Creating a culture of sustainability and innovation in northeast Ohio by accelerating the implementation of sustainable business practices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 18
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.9%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 0 of 13 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.