Salamander Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223262774
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6172324647
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,727
Expenses
$31,075
Assets
$4,903
Liabilities
$1,274

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER BARBER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER BARBER (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY SPARGO-BARBER (TREASURER & CLEARK)
  • SUMITA MUKHERJI (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Salamander produces a literary magazine. The magazine contains poetry, fiction and memoirs. In addition, the organization presents live poetry. Readings. The organization presented believes in the importance of the arts enriching our lives. The organization through its magazine combines the best in contemporary poetry and fiction with memoirs that preserve the recent past for the educational benefit of future generations.

What it reported doing in 2017

Production and distribution of a literary magazine

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.