Restonstrong

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873496404
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Reston, VA, USA
Phone
7037311067
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$566,843
Expenses
$534,417
Assets
$33,528
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shalini Sarah SelvarajDsouza (Cofounder and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nikki Lagouros (Board Chairman)
  • Samantha Ann Beavers (Cofounder and Board Director)
  • Donovan Dsouza (Board Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Restonstrong is a 100% volunteer-powered 501c3 nonprofit founded to celebrate community by creating avenues to inspire advocate and fundraise. We are a 100% volunteer run with nearly 50 plus volunteers taking on leadership roles. We are a BIPOC led organization that was founded to not replicate services but to support and fill gaps wherever possible. Our only limitation is our service area - we are truly local and operate solely within Reston Virginia. Our diverse network of over 3,000 followers and volunteers includes senior leadership executives business owners federal employees past and current neighbors in tents and service industry workers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Weekly donations have been delivered to the Hunterswoods Fellowship house - a low-income senior living community with over 200 units every Thursday. Restonstrong SUNDAY FREE Market - A pop up grocery store staffed by more than 35 volunteers speaking over 14 languages and dialects serves 150+ households in Reston and surrounding neighborhoods. The market has Bakery Meats & Dairy Produce Fruits and Misc departments lead by volunteer team leads. 2 Market Managers coordinate operations and over 30 volunteers with ages ranging from 2 to 82 help in various capacities. Since its inception in June the market has served over 4200 households and has diverted tens of thousands of pounds of food waste from landfills. Weekly donations are also delivered to the Embry Rucker Family Shelter Katherine Henley Family Shelter Reston Wiehle Fire station Reston Police and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 187.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $518K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.