Global Visionaries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710872239
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2063229448
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$561,171
Expenses
$505,665
Assets
$222,566
Liabilities
$302,309

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIO FLORES (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SARAH POPELKA (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIO FLORES (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $37,821 total reported compensation
  • SARAH POPELKA (CO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $36,744 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER JALLOS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $31,840 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Global visionaries invites youth from diverse socio-economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds to be active leaders in their local and global communities. Fostering leadership skills grounded in environmental and social justice.

What it reported doing in 2021

Advanced leadership program: comprised of cultural immersion program alumni, alp is designed to deepen participant's understanding of social justice and environmental stewardship while creating a community of supportive leadership for new participants. Advanced leadership participants participate locally and internationally returning with new participants on cultural immersions to guatemala.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 64%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.36; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.5% of revenue deployed · 64% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $324K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.