Fieldstone Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830415636
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2009, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6516421904
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12
Expenses
$13,763
Assets
$314,965

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Fieldstone Alliance is to strengthen the performance of the nonprofit sector by creating, packaging, disseminating, and applying knowledge and practices that increase nonprofit sustainability and build capacity to achieve lasting impact with families and communities.

What it reported doing in 2012

Fieldstone Alliance exists to assist nonprofits, intermediaries, networks, and grant-makers to increase their performance, sustainability, and impact. The Fieldstone Alliance website at www.FieldstoneAlliance.org provides a wealth of free and easily accessible knowledge and resources in the areas of assessment, strategy, development, and collaboration. During the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the Fieldstone Alliance board of directors decided to dissolve the organization due to future expected expenses exceeding forecasted revenue. As a result, all employees were laid off, and the book publishing business was sold in August 2010. The dissolution of Fieldstone Alliance will become final after all payments from the sale are received and all liabilities have been paid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -114,591.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.88; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -106.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 32 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.