Matter of Life
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850581014
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3237659989
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Film, Video
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $-57,237
- Expenses
- $43,231
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tracy Robinson (CEO/Treasurer)
- Carrie Olson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Tracy Robinson (CEO/Treasurer)
- Timothy Gonzales (Secretary)
- Carrie Olson (Vice President)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Matter of Life exists to create Gospel-centered documentary films that educate and inspire people about the pro-life vs. pro-choice issue.
What it reported doing in 2023
Continued production and editing of the documentary film The Matter of Life took place as well as marketing and distribution efforts for the film.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -175.5%; rating input score 6; 6th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 106% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -824.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.