I Can Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454662329
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3122859384
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,764
Expenses
$95,604
Assets
$20,625

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • VINCENT M CALABRESE (CHAIR)
  • TIMOTHY T DOE (SECRETARY)
  • C PIERRE THOMAS (TREASURER)

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

To identify, evaluate and promote healthy nutrition and physical activity to diminish the prevalence of childhood obesity.

What it reported doing in 2015

Shopping with a saint - shopping with a purpose we will partner up with various sporting goods stores to allow the youngsters to select products to keep them active at home. There's something about being able to shop without worrying about your budget. For many of the youngsters, that's a real dream, and we will make it come true. Sideline pass with jen hale-sideline pass with jennifer hale is dedicated to educating and empowering young women. It provides community outreaches that focus on three goals: to introduce young female athletes to female mentors in both the business and sports worlds, to expose young athletes to resources, events and experiences within their community, and to equip young athletes in need with the necessary supplies to participate and compete in their respective sports.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66.5%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -547.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 90.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -159.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -132.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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

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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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.