Freedom Fields USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 870699527
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Carmel, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8316255111
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arms Control, Peace
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,338
- Expenses
- $124,225
- Assets
- $83,583
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 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 organization's primary exempt purpose is to sponsor educationalopportunities that raise public awareness of the issues surroundinglandmines and other remnants of war and to support the efforts of qualifiednonprofit organizations or governmental agencies that are working to clearlandmines and/or provide follow-up economic redevelopment support in areasaffected by such landmines.
What it reported doing in 2012
Promoted education and awareness of the landmine issue through theproduction of a documentary, information on the website and printedmaterials.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $122K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.