Greenhouse Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453176738
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
East Point, GA, USA
Phone
8668192445
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,330
Expenses
$45,423
Assets
$11,925
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEIDRE BROWN (PRESIDENT)
  • ALWIN PETERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHEDONNA ALEXANDER (DIRECTOR)
  • KRISTIA SIMON (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DEIDRE BROWN (PRESIDENT)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The greenhouse foundation was founded to educate, inspire, and empower children to adopt a green lifestyle so they can positively impact the sustainability of our resources.

What it reported doing in 2015

The greenhouse education program is designed to provide environmental educational resources to support schools and children in disadvantaged areas committed to learning and adopting green living practices. Through this program, children learn the fundamentals of creating and managing their own outdoor school garden. They also learn how to start and manage a farmers market with proceeds of cash, and product, being distributed to other nonprofit organizations servicing to fight hunger in their community. Over 400 students at 3 schools have participated in the greengarden education program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

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: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.3%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 5

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -96.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -35% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.3% of revenue deployed · 4.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2015
  • 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 4/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.