Open Up
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833486824
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4126281312
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $712,654
- Expenses
- $614,682
- Assets
- $265,920
- Liabilities
- $87,900
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Richard Butler (Director - President)
- Marissa Vogel (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Marissa Vogel (Executive Director): $74,122 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Teaches mindfulness tools through movement & art practices that center people living with disablities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Open Spaces: Provides spaces, resources, & conversations for the community to explore teh intersections of identity, disability, & wellness as pathways to individual & collective growth. Produced 11 livestreamed Sunday Safe Spaces conversations featuring 35 guest experts, reaching more than 2,500 social media viewers. These sessions were also archived & shared as podcasts, extending their reach to 12,300 YouTube viewers. In addition, 85 affinity groups were hosted that brought together people with shared identities to build connection & support. Beyond digital programming, relationships with affinity groups, pareents, schools, & community stakeholders are strengthened by participating in local block parties, family resource fairs, & collaborative initiatives addressing community needs. This work helps to bridge divides between people who identify as living with disabilities & those who do not, advancing our mission to increase belonging & quality of life for everyone.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 62% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $47.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.7%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 49.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $512K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.