Good Grief Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844380085
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
7079687446
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,996
Expenses
$196,930
Assets
$211,779
Liabilities
$8,986

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSCOE EMRYS GREY (PRESIDENT (THRU JULY))

People named in this filing

  • SARAH JORNSAY-SILVERBERG (TREASURER)
  • LAURA SCHMIDT (SECRETARY)
  • ROSCOE EMRYS GREY (PRESIDENT (THRU JULY))

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

Good grief network creates spaces to gather in community, process the painful feelings and realities of our time, and commit to meaningful action.

What it reported doing in 2024

Good grief network held more events in 2024 than ever before. In 2024, good grief network offered 27 free or low-cost events, facilitated by trained ggn facilitators, with a total of 431 attendee sign-ups.good grief network (ggn) runs a 10-step program: '10 steps to resilience and empowerment in a chaotic climate.' the 10-step program is a 10-week peer-support group for people who feel overwhelmed by feelings of eco-distress. The group aims to help people process their feelings and reorient toward meaningful action. Teams of two trained facilitators host the small groups, which are offered to 13 participants each.good grief network runs a flow facilitation training course that is 12 weeks and 36 hours long, and certifies individuals to facilitate ggn's 10-step program support groups. We usually run one course per year, to two cohorts simultaneously, holding 30 people total.good grief network runs various 90-120 minute events of different topics at least 1-3 times a month with up to 50 participants per event. The events are moderated by trained ggn facilitators.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.5%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 63.6%; rating input score 64

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: -21.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.5% of revenue deployed · 63.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $125K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.