Fuse Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352106430
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Greenfield, IN, USA
Phone
3174629064
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,188
Expenses
$139,682
Assets
$7,160
Liabilities
$1,495

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CANDACE ROUDEBUSH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SARA CUMMINS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • SHARON EADS (TRESURER)
  • KURT ROUDEBUSH (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Empowering families and individuals with disabilities and mental health needs by providing information, training, support and encouragement.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fuse served 2,287 individuals through our information/referral services and programs to families and individuals with disabilities in 2024. In addition to these direct services, we distributed an electronic newsletter serving over 1,800 people each month and reached almost 6,000 on social media and texting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.1%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.1% of revenue deployed · 57.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.