Feel The Warmth

Overview

Mission

Please join our efforts to provide less fortunate children in Montgomery and Chester counties with school supplies, uniforms, new or gently-used winter coats, children's books, and toys. After that encounter, **Feel The Warmth** was launched. The organization began with the purchase of 20 winter coats with money donated by a handful of individuals at a house party in King of Prussia. These coats were given to the children of a church group that was located in a low income area._ Every non-profit needs a helping hand. I understand that we can only donate so much. If you have given to a charity this year, I commend you. If you are able to support this cause, I sincerely appreciate, in advance, every school supply, winter coat, toy, dollar or minute volunteered. Thank You,.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 100% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 83
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Accountability: 64
• Sustainability: 21
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $159K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
• Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules
• Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2015
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.