Neediest Cases Charleston Daily Mail
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 556035718
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Charleston, WV, USA
- Phone
- 3043484812
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,609
- Expenses
- $7,980
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- TINA TAYLOR (OFFICE MANAG)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The neediest cases is a christmas time solicitation conducted by the charleston daily mail, a newspaper published in charleston, wv. It is conducted solely through the daily mail's news and editorial columns and is directed only at its readers. It begins annually with the issue of thanksgiving day and ends with the last issue before christmas day. The charity cases are drawn entirely from the active files of the organized, established, and recognized welfare, charitable and health organizations of the community, both public and private. Each case is thus certified, in effect, by the participating agency, which submits it as an unmet need. This is to say that beyond the resources of these agencies, something necessary remains to be done. Through the publication of the cases day by day, selected by the newspaper staff memebers on the basis of need, appeals are made to the newspaper's readers and the general public for their contributions to help meet the needs during the holiday season.
What it reported doing in 2015
The neediest cases is a christmas time solicitation conducted by the charleston daily mail, a morning newspaper published in charleston, wv. It is conducted solely through the daily mail's news and editorial columns and is directed only at its readers. It begins annually with the issue of thanksgiving day and ends with the last issue before christmas day. The charity cases are drawn entirely from the active files of the organized, established, and recognized welfare, charitable and health organizations of the community, both public and private. Each case is thus certified, in effect, by the participating agency, which submits it as an unmet need. This is to say that beyond the resources of these agencies, something necessary remains to be done. Through the publication of the cases day by day, selected by the newspaper staff memebers on the basis of need, appeals are made to the newspaper's readers and the general public for their contributions to help meet the needs during the holiday season. Distribution of funds to non-published cases is determined under the supervision of united way information & referral, by a committee of representatives from the social and welfare agencies which submit the case histories. In the operation of the fund, the daily mail's administrative office staff handles all the bookkeeping, banking, and distribution activities. The daily mail makes no charge for these functions and its personnel receives no remuneration for their services. There is, thus, no overhead or cost of doing business. All of the proceeds are distributed from the middle of december through the middle of february to the participating agencies for direct application to the neediest cases.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 17
- 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: -20.7%; rating input score 21; 21st 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: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th 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 · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- 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 21/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.