Global Development Analytics Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800928625
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Centennial, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3035894309
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,075,969
- Expenses
- $546,217
- Assets
- $588,661
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- W Kenneth Nugent Jr (CEO and Pres.)
Highest reported compensation
- W Kenneth Nugent Jr (CEO and Pres.): $92,365 total reported compensation
- Kathryn J Nugent (Treas/Dir Op Mg): $27,119 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Global Development Analytics, Inc. believes Food Security can be improved. They are partnering with academia, national labs, non-profit and for-profit organizations to develop decision support tools that will address specific food security information gaps in the developing world, leading to better information for farmers, local government and extention staff and government ministries on how to increase crop yields.
What it reported doing in 2014
Global Development Analytics (GDA) is a nonprofit organization focused on applying their operationally-focused big data analytics experiences to the challenges of international food and nutrition insecurity correlating the time and location elements of information to inform specific decisions and operational outcomes. GDA also works closely with technologists to apply potentially disruptive technologies to underserved markets within the agriculture and food production value chains.
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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 52
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.9%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $43.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.9% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $462K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.