Green Umbrella

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311770299
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5135411538
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,833,363
Expenses
$2,071,955
Assets
$534,240
Liabilities
$301,023

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TODD PALMETER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS FLORES (VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOP)
  • RYAN MOONEY-BULLOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RYAN MOONEY-BULLOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $107,771 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Green umbrella's mission is to lead cross-sector collaboration to accelerate climate action across greater cincinnati.

What it reported doing in 2024

Gu event series: a variety of one-time and on-going public events supporting or aligning with the organization's primary focus of advancing environmental sustainability in the greater cincinnati region. Public programs include midwest regional sustainability summit, green drinks, annual meeting, and cultivate+connect. Cincinnati 2030 district: the district's mission is to create a network of healthy, high-performing buildings in the city of cincinnati. Participating members make a collective commitment to reduce their buildings' energy use, water consumption, and transportation emissions by 50% by the year 2030. The cincinnati district also includes a healthy building pillar with a goal of improving the health of building occupants, with interventions tailored to the most pressing needs in our city. Members of the cincinnati 2030 district are property owners and managers, developers, and commercial tenants who commit to assisting the district to achieve its reduction goals through the implementation of sustainable, emissions-reducing solutions in their buildings. Currently, our 42 members have committed 318 buildings and 27.7 million square feet to the cincinnati 2030 district. By partnering directly with members, the cincinnati 2030 district accelerates the development of sustainable buildings by breaking down market barriers, encouraging collaboration, and assisting members in the deployment of innovative sustainability solutions.gu impact teams: gu facilitates cross-sector collaboration with the goal of achieving policy and systems level outcomes that result in a resilient, equitable and thriving region. In 2024 the two impact teams supported were the greenspace alliance (protecting and restoring high quality greenspace and increasing equitable access to greenspace) and green schoolyards action network (working to ensure all cincinnati public schools' students have equitable access to outdoor experiences and environmental education regardless of demographics, economic status or family support for such activities). We also support faith communities go green in collaboration with equasion (partnering with religious communities to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all by mobilizing their moral voice to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 93%; rating input score 93; 40th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $108K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.