Red Umbrella Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452641431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
3479273867
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,882
Expenses
$136,212
Assets
$75,390

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LIA SCHOLL (Board Chair)
  • MELISSA DITMORE (Treasurer)
  • BROOKE BEARDSLEE (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To eliminate prejudice & discrimination against people who are persecuted because of their sexual identity &/or survivors of human trafficking

What it reported doing in 2014

The organization offered writing, theater, media & advocacy workshops, produced storytelling events, published the writing of participants & did community organizing around stigma, discrimination & violence.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 23%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 70.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 68.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 67.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $136K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.