Next Culture Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521544086
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029974620
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,097
Expenses
$4,601

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Next Culture Initiative is a nonprofit. Location: Washington, DC. EIN 521544086. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $5.1K revenue and $4.6K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 10 grants totaling $4,363. The stated grant purposes included arts and culture education, arts and culture reporting, and food distribution famine relief, plus 2 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 88% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 95% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 81

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 12.82; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 81th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.