Meow Meow Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842502112
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3233330384
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,269
Expenses
$142,001
Assets
$131,234
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS A FORBES (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)

People named in this filing

  • DOUGLAS A FORBES (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)
  • GLOREE CENTENO (TREASURER)
  • BETHANY SCHWAB (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Summer camp and aquatics safety for children

What it reported doing in 2024

1.) provided investigative, legislative, legal and mediaexpertise and emotional support to multiple families whose children drowned fatally or non-fatally.2.) ongoing strategic alliance with child USA to mitigate sexual abuse at summer camps nationwide. Assistance with evaluating an online audit tool that camps can deploy to assess their child sexual abuse prevention aptitude and preparedness.3.) commencement of long term project to establish the first third party universal best practices for summer camps with the assistance of dr. Chris thurber and mark marion, camp and aquatics experts.4.) ongoing work with legislators, government agencies (primarily the California department of social services and paarks and recreation) and other stakeholders to actually develop enforceable regulations that coincide with the passage of ab 262, California's first camp safety bill.5.) distributed 300 customized mmf personal flotation devices (life jackets) to prevent childhood drowning.6.) drafted legislative language to support sen. Chris murphy's summer for all act which includes federal safety measures for camps.7.) produced another annual iteration of roxie's wish week, the drowning and camp safety initiative borne of our 2021 state resolution known as "roxie's wish: drowning prevention week for children."8.) commenced post production and additional "pickup" filming for the feature documentary "lto the moon and back", about the dark american secret of pervasive summer camp harm. Mmf is sponsoring through grantseeking and distribution.9.) donated another 250 customized mmf water watcher badges.10.) media campaign to expose the unfortunate dangers of deficient red cross lifeguard and water safety training programs.11.) investigation of triple daycare drowning, engagement with media and legislators and governor newsom to pass daycare drowning prevention bill.12.) investigation of nj summer camp drowning at liberty lake day camp, engagement with media and family.13.) commencement of drowning research initiative with the renowned behavioral insights team to assess the correlation of adult supervision lapses with childhood drowning.14.) ongoing website and social media content delivery.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 14

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,160.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 44; 44th 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: -125.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -138.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -45.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 14.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • 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 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.