Nine Eleven Finding Answers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581099195
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Mt Pleasant, SC, USA
Phone
8438196322
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
National Security
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,991
Expenses
$36,775
Assets
$10,068

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation strives to help prevent future tragedies in the u.s. And abroad by exposing those responsible for planning, funding, and executing terrorist activities, with a particular emphasis on islamic militant organizations.

What it reported doing in 2012

Prevent terrorism directed against civilians, investigate terrorism's financial underpining, the creation and maintenance of archives respecting the support of terrorism, encourage and support comparative research on the effectiveness of public-private partnerships to combat terrorism, explore and expand public and private legal remedies throughout the world and to provide research materials to support civil litigation against terrorists and terrorist organizations and their supporters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -268.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -113.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -92.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.