Rhedcloud Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833944102
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Decatur, GA, USA
Phone
4702030176
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$4
Expenses
$5,674
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD A MENDOLA (PRESIDENT AN)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN E CONNERAT (DIR/ SEC/TRE)
  • RICHARD A MENDOLA (PRESIDENT AN)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary activities of rhedcloud foundation inc. (the "foundation") are research and education. The "rhed" in the foundation's name stands for research, healthcare and higher education. The foundation's activities are focused on advancing research, healthcare and higher education cloud computing with enhanced security, compliance and integration. Every user and provider of the cloud has a need to assess risk and specify controls for services in cloud platforms. The foundation's activities will assist in solving the common issues amongst cloud users and providers. Such issues include: (1) security measures for various compliance requirements through risk assessments and countermeasures; (2) common implementation of security measures in an extensible framework; and (3) the provisioning, integration, and administration of such systems into the framework or structure of the business. The foundation's activities will benefit a wide range of individuals and entities, including higher educ

What it reported doing in 2022

During the previous return year, the organization's board of directors ratified a resolution to wind-down the operations of the organization and engage in a voluntary dissolution of the organization in accordance with the nonprofit code of Georgia and its bylaws. The wind-down was completed during the organization's current return year, and the current return contains a combination of administrative expenses and contributions totaling 4,680 to unrelated 501(c)(3) organizations as listed in form 990 part ix and schedule n, as applicable.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -141,750%; rating input score 1; 1st 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: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -77.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -70.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -72.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.