Open Channel Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364398203
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Evanston, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2249990888
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Television
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $33,416
- Expenses
- $2,302
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOUGLAS S CURRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DOUGLAS S CURRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JOHN B KENNEDY (DIRECTOR)
- STUART KURTZ (DIRECTOR)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To acquire, publish and distribute software emanating from academic and research institutions and to serve as a central clearinghouse for high quality, technically advanced scientific applications.
What it reported doing in 2015
Provision of a website that allows any individual to browse, free of charge, the software developed to solve a number of various academic and research problems. Dissemination of educational information on subjects useful to individuals and beneficial to the community, thereby increasing the general public's knowledge base.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 54
- Growth: 100
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: 93.1%; rating input score 99; 99th 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: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th 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 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.