Grandparents of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471813448
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
5202047958
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,897
Assets
$565,308
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Dennis Walsh (Sr Content Officer): $134,060 total reported compensation
  • Meriam Catito Rose (Officer Philippines District): $123,567 total reported compensation
  • Kiersten Lascurain (Officer Marketing Director): $113,610 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Senior to Children Communication Connections Via Tablets - provided 150 computer tablets to seniors Nationwide in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, private homes, etc. Approx. 150 seniors benefited in the connection of grandchildren and friends of the seniors.

What it reported doing in 2020

We specialize in social and humanitarian programs around the globe that have helped many seniors and children within the United States, Uganda, and the Philippines. Some of our ongoing projects include food programs, digital connections for seniors to children in assisted living homes, financial assistance programs for U.S. consumers needing basic food, shelter, clothing, and many more social programs in the works, including our new Covid-19 senior assisted program. Our goal is to assist seniors and children in the United States and around the globe, including undeveloped countries by working with individuals, groups, corporations, and other nonprofits to give children and seniors a taste of what our world has to offer. We attempt to reach the uninformed corners of the world by providing digital tools such as tablets, smartphones, and all things digital to both, seniors and children who otherwise are not afforded the opportunity to engage in our world of digital educational programs, family and friend connections globally, and so much more. For example, our next big flagship program is building a global digital database for live kidney donors and recipients in the United States who are in desperate need of transplants. This global platform will eliminate the UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) wait list and provide a 72-hour turnaround for children and adults alike to receive a healthy kidney to save their lives. Another proud accomplishment was our Uganda Education program for children in remote villages of Africa who are now receiving an education with joint efforts from the Amazon Smile Program and GOA Corp. by donating Fire Tablets. This program created the learning path for these amazing and humble children to become future lawyers, doctors, health care workers, and other professionals to serve their citizens.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 298; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37,305.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 187.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.