Ms Bright Spots of Hope
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811794680
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3149224015
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,974
- Expenses
- $63,057
- Assets
- $30,654
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michelle Keating (President)
People named in this filing
- Michelle Keating (President)
- Mark Frank (Chairperson)
- Russ Miller (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
Providing free local programs to educate, empower, spark creativity, and enhance wellness for those with Multiple Sclerosis and their support partners. Engagement of individuals from the broader community to inspire and enlighten to embrace life more fully. This is accomplished through a variety of events, such as Evening of Hope, Many Steps Toward Hope, Many Steps Fitness Friends, Bright Day, Dance Movement, Adaptive Cycling Adventure, Aquatics Locomotion, and Dinner, Destination, & Discovery.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided activities to enrich the lives of and the education the participants, totaling approximately 300 people via Evenings of Hope, 2 Many Steps Programs, Dance, Cycling, Aquatics, and Dinners & Socialization.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.2%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 54.9%; rating input score 55
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: 23.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.2% of revenue deployed · 54.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.