Growing Life Opportunities Worldwide

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760845112
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Tustin, CA, USA
Phone
9498331171
Rating
29
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$40
Expenses
$2,295
Assets
$10,090
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLAUDE CENTNER (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • CLAUDE CENTNER (CEO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are about changing lives for kids around the world thru the continued pursuit of life skill improvements, the hope of a better education, a better environment to live in and the opportunity to expand their horizons.By providing support to groups, organizations and companies involved in bringing real and live interaction between kids in schools and multitudes of business's eager to expand their horizons by providing insight into vocational options available to the kids globally and locally.

What it reported doing in 2018

We are working together to create a new platform to bring business and schools together to allow kids to understand what business options or vocations are available to them prior to them going to college. We are about changing lives for kids around the world through the continued pursuit of life skill improvements, the hope of a better education, a better environment to live in and the opportunity to expand their horizons.By providing support to groups, organizations and companies involved in bringing real and live interaction between kids in schools and multitudes of business's eager to expand their horizons by providing insight into vocational options available to the kids globally and locally.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5,637.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.4; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -76.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -146.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -76.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.