More Than a Single Story Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854358806
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- St Paul, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6122752554
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $190,220
- Expenses
- $147,614
- Assets
- $124,457
- Liabilities
- $6,666
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLYN HOLBROOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SHERRIE FERNANDEZ-WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CAROLYN HOLBROOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SHERRIE FERNANDEZ-WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
- JONATHAN LOFGREN (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
More than a single story, inc. Seeks to create an environment of civic literacy in which bipoc+ writers, artists and arts activists discuss issues of importance to them in their own words and their own voices, and engage communities in those conversations. Our vision is to empower artists whose voices have not been recognized in the mainstream as a way to balance public discourse and provide a forum for cross-cultural understanding.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our stories, ourselves (4 events) is a series of panel format readings/conversations between bipoc literary artists and widely cross-cultural audiences. Most of these events are followed by two community-based writing workshops led by artists from that panel event. Writer to writer (3 events) pairs two accomplished bipoc writers in public conversation with each other about their challenges, aspirations, and writing practice. Embracing our roots (4 events) pairs an elder literary arts activist with a next-generation artist to mine the continuum of cultural knowledge and experience that built today's communities of bipoc writers. We reach approximately 500 audience members through our combination of programs each year. We offer a four-part series that demystifies the publishing process, facilitated by four industry specialists, and followed by individual mentorships for writers interested in working in book publishing.we facilitate year-long career advancement mentorships for 12 early career writers, and a year-long salon series for 12 mid-career published writers - deepening craft through discussion and writing.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.4%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62
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: 22.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.4% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.