Great Alpha Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832260192
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2022
Location
Wellesley, MA, USA
Rating
10
Verdict
AVOID
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$944
Expenses
$144

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Human Service Organizations

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

AVOID - The strongest available result is that the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing does not identify all grant recipients.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency: 0
  • Compliance: 52
  • Endowment Health: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Scored; rating input score 0

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 1 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 5
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Missing
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Missing
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Payment to a government official: Missing
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Missing
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Missing
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Missing
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Missing
    • Attempt to influence an election: Missing
    • Grants to individuals: Missing
    • Grants to organizations: Missing
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Missing
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Missing
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: Filed investments detail
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency: Grant recipient disclosure scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.