Farm Safety 4 Just Kids

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421309917
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-N 2007
Location
West Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5153316506
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$420,068
Expenses
$479,854
Assets
$211,131
Liabilities
$7,933

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID SCHWEITZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID SCHWEITZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $116,625 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of farm safety 4 just kids is to promote a safe rural environment to prevent health hazards, injuries, and fatalities to children and youth. The organization accomplishes this mission by: - promoting rural safety awareness and education for (see sch o)children, youth, and their families. - serving as an advocate for providing safe play areas, role-modeling safe behaviors, promoting appropriate supervision and child care, and assigning age and ability appropriate tasks. - enhancing community involvement and collaboration. - combining education and advocacy to influence safe attitudes and behaviors. - promoting efforts to advance safer rural practices and equipment.

What it reported doing in 2015

To inform and educate children and adults about farm safety and to promote public awareness campaigns about farm safety.in 2015, our outreach coordintors and chapter network delivered 365 community events to 309,000 children, youth and farm families, with more than 2,325 volunteers donating more than 14,025 hours of their time. In addition, they touched another 2,500,000 individuals through media interviews, press releases, trade shows, fairs, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.3% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $295K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.