Mobilisation Lab Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851030334
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$470,850
Expenses
$470,850
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL SILBERMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL SILBERMAN (PRESIDENT): $119,725 total reported compensation
  • BRANDON SALESBERRY (TREASURER): $973 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide in person and online education and training sessions that assist organizations in their initiatives to achieve social change and betterment (such as social justice, environmental justice, economic justice, and human rights). Mobilisation lab inc's training and education programs enable participants to pursue social betterment missions more effectively by teaching advocacy, communications and organization skills, supporting and improving technological skills, developing platforms for knowledge sharing and communications, and empowering participants to achieve their respective missions.

What it reported doing in 2020

Training and education program - digital trainings and technical assistance. This training is a collaborative planning process that blends tried and true strategy tools with design thinking, lean start-up principles, and paricipatory approaches to problem-solving. The program teaches participants to have greater insight, innovation and alignment, leading to greater campaign success for its participants. This educational training and coaching session is designed for leaders in advocacy organizations that are looking to transform how their organization operates. Mobilisation lab inc. Helps these leaders shift their organizational culture to better achieve their mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $449K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.