Project Fierce Chicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455279746
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7733663061
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,124
Expenses
$327,667
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VAL HOLDAHL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • VAL HOLDAHL (PRESIDENT)
  • VAL HOLDAHL (TREASURER)
  • VAL HOLDAHL (SECRETARY)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create affirming transitional housing for lgtbqia+ youth in chicago that is responsive to the needs of young people. By mobilizing our community,

What it reported doing in 2021

The organization assisted in finding transitionalhousing for individual.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 78% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.5%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -696.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.5% of revenue deployed · 0.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $633 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.