Louder Than Silence

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 843261439
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Phone: 5127656435
Rating: 60
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $122,252
Expenses: $113,136
Assets: $13,585

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

CIJI WAGNER (FOUNDER DIRE)
EMILY CLIFTON (BOARD CHAIR)
KATHRYNE BURNS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Louder than silence seeks to be an ongoing tourchpoint in the continuum of care in remedying the devastating effects of sexual violence by providing resources and community to survivors through edmr (trauma) therapy, workshops, retreats, self-care kits and more.

What it reported doing in 2024

Workshops and retreats: 36 clients provided a space in our 12-week long workshops or during our annual retreat to have survivor and peer-led discussions about regaining stability after sexual violence as well as other self-care activities

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 28
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 30
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 27.4%; rating input score 27
Program expense ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 30

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: 7.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 32.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 27.4% of revenue deployed · 29.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $34K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 27/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.