Olive Tree Charities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272815449
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2011
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128371550
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,377
Expenses
$81,558
Assets
$590
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DR BRUCE SWAFFIELD (CHAIR OF BOARD)
  • GARY DAVID DENSON (SECRETARY & TREASURER)
  • PAT DENSON (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Olive tree charities seeks to empower other non-profits and ministries to tell their stories through documentaries and short films via production and distribution in order to reach the hearts of viewers and ultimately provide more resources for each organization as they work to see lives transformed.

What it reported doing in 2014

In 2014, olive tree charities continued to help non-profits to distribute their short films and longer form documentaries and thereby further their message and reach. We provided a few platform that aggregated these films from several non-profits and then we drove traffic to the site via targeted social media campaigns (facebook, twitter, and instagram) and via $10,000/month of google advertising.in 2014, we continued to operate the roku platform that would similarly feature this content and would provide the opportunity for an even wider audience for the non-profits with their life changing stories.we also worked hard to launch an app for iphones that would broaden the reach of these documentary films to a larger potential audience.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: -8.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -63.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.