Rebel Cause Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814106769
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,084
Expenses
$94,468
Assets
$14,596

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shakera Bramwell (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Shakera Bramwell (Executive Director)
  • Mykiel Willaims (Executive Assistant)

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

The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are to perform any lawful charitable act or activities within the meaning specified in Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended from time to time. The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation include but are not limited to the following: The making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. bring about and facilitate the collaboration of groups of minority young adults seeking to improve the quality of life in their communities that fall beneath the poverty level through the implementation and coordination of comprehensive social programs and community initiatives foster within those communities the development of projects aimed towards circumventing the perpetuating of generational racial wealth inequality create civic educational and employment opportunities of advancement for minority residents

What it reported doing in 2021

Production 24 months Travel a marginalized city in each state and conduct interviews Document the daily lives and experiences of the individuals Capture footage of the communities and their unique characteristics Engage in local initiatives and document the process Regularly update social media platforms and website with progress and experiences Budget: Travel Expenses: These include fuel van maintenance accommodation food and other miscellaneous expenses. Equipment: This van and renovations include cameras microphones lighting editing software and other necessary equipment for producing the documentary and podcast series. Personnel: This includes salaries for team members and payments for any outsourced work from collaborators. Promotion: This includes costs for promoting the project through various channels such as social media advertising press releases and community events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.3%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 38.1%; rating input score 38

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: -13.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.3% of revenue deployed · 38.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.