Greenspace Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841722774
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
7172308044
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$255
Expenses
$21,206
Assets
$20,231

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Greenspace alliance promotes and advocates for the protection and enhancement of natural, agricultural, and recreational open spaces to preserve the quality of life in southeastern Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2012

Greenspace alliance, inc. (gsa) works to raise awareness of the importance of protecting a regional open space network and its impact on the region's quality of life, identity, and economic vitality. Gsa fosters partnerships and coalitions in priority landscape areas identified in the regional green plan. These collaborative efforts with local governments, nonprofits, and others result in advancing preservation of open space for its ecological, recreational, and agricultural value.gsa promotes its goals throughout the region by educating opinion leaders, decision-makers, and the public, and by advocating for policies and funding that advance the protection of a regional open space network.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8,216.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -157% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -77% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.