Mattering Movement Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932739098
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9174763464
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,839
Expenses
$9,579
Assets
$9,564
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH BENNISON (DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, CEO)

People named in this filing

  • SARAH BENNISON (DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, CEO)
  • JENNIFER WALLACE (DIRECTOR, CHIEF MATTERING OFFICER)
  • KIM TOWNER (DIRECTOR, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide educational resources to increase mattering for students, parents, and teachers.

What it reported doing in 2025

The mattering movement team creates educational programs and activities through online platforms, in person talks and workshop, and on the mattering movement website. The activity and content is created for visitors to the site who wish to participate in educational programs and activities. Parent toolkits were provided and sold to schools and school districts and the organization also provided free teacher and student toolkits. The organization launched the mattering movement curriculum, including lessons for students in grades 6-12, professional devlopment modules for teachers, and a parent companion. In 2025, the curriculum has reached approximately 1,400 students and 200 teachers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -237.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -54.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -35.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.