Renewing American Leadership Action

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272013129
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022892249
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,483
Expenses
$90,192
Assets
$4,359

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ReAL Action is dedicated to renewing America through the restoration and application of biblical values to national life by engaging in the public policy process - educating, organizing, training, and mobilizing people.

What it reported doing in 2011

Balanced Budget Amendment. In 2010 Renewing American Leadership Action designed the House and Senate bills that launched the campaign for a "strong" Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment bill. Our bill was the first balanced budget amendment to include a super majority requirement to raise taxes, and a cap on future federal spending tied to the GDP. We recruited the House and Senate sponsors and organized the initial support coalition for the bill. In 2011 we won the co-sponsorship of all 46 GOP Senators and 132 House Members. Our bill became the basis for the campaign of the Cut Cap & Balance Coalition, the largest center-right coalition in history. Our proposal played a significant part in the negotiations that led up to the Budget Agreement of 2011, which was hammered out between Congress and the Obama Administration.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 68.5%; rating input score 68

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: -44.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 68.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 1 filing year from 2011
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

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  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.