Oakland Merchants Leadership Forum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943400354
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5106630653
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Leadership Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,408
Expenses
$4,410
Assets
$1,998

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

OMLFs mission is to improve the quality of life for Oaklands residents and small business owners by strengthening and unifying their neighborhood business districts. By bringing together the efforts of Oaklands many small business associations to develop policies and strategies that benefit neighborhood business districts, OMLF strives to increase economic development, community pride and civic participation

What it reported doing in 2011

The Oakland Merchants Leadership Forum was created in 1991 to provide a cohesive voice for the now 40+ Neighborhood Business Districts in Oakland. Comprised exclusively of volunteers throughout the citys business community, OMLF promotes neighborhood business districts as a key element of the Citys economic development.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -175.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -56.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.