Instruments 4 Change
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992724125
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 2022623624
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,004
- Expenses
- $4,483
- Assets
- $25,004
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- Ana Maria Kleymeyer (Founder, Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Instruments 4 Change mission is to empower target communities to comprehensively grasp, effectively respond to, and actively engage with the challenges posed by climate change. This encompasses enhancing their understanding, bolstering their capacity, and facilitating their involvement in addressing the onset of climate change impacts. We will realize the mission through a multifaceted approach that includes educational initiatives, capacity-building, technical assistance, strategic communication, and other interventions aimed at nurturing understanding and capability within the target demographic.
What it reported doing in 2024
Having received approval for the organization at the end of October, during the first months of operation we focused on preparing and hosting the first board meeting, developing each of the four program areas, and creating a development program to seek potential funding opportunities for each program area in the coming years.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 19
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.2%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: 40.2%; rating input score 40
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 82.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.58; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.2% of revenue deployed · 40.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.