Gotham Cheer Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823979575
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7183607622
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,918
- Expenses
- $28,613
- Assets
- $23,983
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- FELIPE DEJESUS HERNANDEZ (CO-FOUNDER)
- LATOYA LEFLORE (CO-FOUNDER)
- RALPH MAGALONG-DAVIS (SECRETARY)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gotham Cheer is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit adult cheerleading squad comprised entirely of volunteer members. Our cheerleaders are a diverse and spirited group of dedicated adults from all parts of lifeincluding LGBTQ members and our Straight Allies. Our mission is to amplify the voices of those in
What it reported doing in 2019
Organizing events to spread awareness and raise money for charities related to lgbtq issues, HIV/AIDS
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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
MIXED - 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: 10
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9%; rating input score 9
- Program expense ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 9% of revenue deployed · 13.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.