Family Member

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273031799
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
2129188297
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Disabled Persons' Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$40,001
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • HANNAH JACOBS (DIRECTOR, CHAIR, PRES, TREAS)
  • HOWARD TOPAZ (DIRECTOR)
  • SOEREN PALUMBO (DIRECTOR)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To eradicate hateful speech targeting people with special needs and disabilities and to promote positive portrayal of disability in entertainment, news and social media through education.

What it reported doing in 2017

Hannah Jacobs, founder of Family Member was asked to join Women's Media Center's SheSource, an online brain trust of female experts on diverse topics that serve journalists, producers and bookers seeking women experts to appear on TV and to quote in print and online media. Areas of expertise for Ms. Jacobs include hate language in media, disability and civil rights and social justice. Hannah Jacobs also represents Family Member as an advisory board member of the Silver Center for Special Needs at the JCC Manhattan, and sits on the ADL Education Committee in New York City. These opportunities allow Family Member to continue to educate the general public about special needs while promoting positive portrayal of disability. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT 4 Family Member has developed and produced a Disability Awareness notepad. The notepad teaches people how to advocate and stand up for themselves when encountering hateful or unpleasant behavior. It also helps to encourage people to speak

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

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: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 66.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.