Jackson Storyfest
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383142144
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Jackson, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5177884099
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,731
- Expenses
- $960
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH RADUAZO (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL BAUGHMAN (V. PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH RADUAZO (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL BAUGHMAN (V. PRESIDENT)
- JIM ROYSTER (SECRETARY)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
After 25 years the organization has closed and transferred the monetary assets to the jackson district library in jackson, Michigan so they can continue to carry on the mission of increasing the awareness and importance of storytelling in the home, school and community.
What it reported doing in 2015
Jackson storyfest is committed to increasing the awareness of the importance of storytelling in the home, school and community. Our mission is to ignite imagination through the art of storytelling.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 69% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.9%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -191.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -22.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.9% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $950 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.