Northwest Regional Oasis

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273182388
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
5032413059
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,587
Expenses
$182,521
Assets
$0

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

Northwest regional oasis was an educational organization that strengthened communities by providing lifelong learning and service opportunities that inspired diverse audiences of mature adults to pursue vibrant, healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Programs in the arts, humanities, health, technology and volunteer service provided stimulating opportunities for mature adults to continue their personal growth and serve their communities. Northwest regional oasis was a supporting organization of the oasis institute which directs a national network of oasis programs in 43 communities.

What it reported doing in 2012

Volunteer - northwest regional oasis offered a variety of ways for older adults to enrich their lives through volunteer service. The oasis intergenerational tutoring program trained volunteer tutors and matched them with at risk primary grade children to build reading and language skills. The program also helped build the students' confidence and positive attitudes towards learning. Opportunities were also provided to volunteers to assist in running the center, serving as instructors, registering participants for classes, database entry and answering phones. Volunteers could have also participated in committees relating to class selections, marketing and fundraising.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 43% for direct work, and 57% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -151.5%; rating input score 5; 5th 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: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -32% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -59.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • 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.