Rock the Clock
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833809183
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Plain City, OH, USA
- Phone
- 9372434148
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $185,841
- Expenses
- $207,775
- Assets
- $434
- Liabilities
- $54,534
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- TIMONTHY DAWSON (EXECUTIVE DI)
- WES HEBERT (BOARD MEMBER)
- JOYCE SCHROCK (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rock the clock is organized exclusively to promote community engagement, cultural enrichment, and civic pride within plain city, Ohio. The organization provides free and affordable public events that bring families, local residents, and visitors together in a safe, inclusive, and family-friendly environment. Rock the clock's charitable purpose includes: - strengthening community bonds by offering an annual event where residents can gather. - providing free access for children and family-focused programming. - supporting arts and culture through live music and entertainment. - fostering volunteerism and civic involvement. - boosting local economic vitality by drawing attendees downtown.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the current year, rock the clock successfully hosted its annual community event, providing a full day of free and family-friendly activities to thousands of attendees. 1. Free access for children & family programming. 2. Community cultural event featuring national entertainment. 3. Strengthening community identity. 4. Volunteer engagement & local partnerships. 5. Economic benefit to the local community. 6. Commitment to accessibility & safety.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 125.65; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $207K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.