Scars Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843981827
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5039434678
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $636
- Expenses
- $106,151
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REV RICHARD BERG CSC (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- REV RICHARD BERG CSC (PRESIDENT)
- REV JOHN J DONATO (VICE PRESIDE)
- ROBERT E HAROLD (TREASURER)
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
The scars project fosters collaboration between community leaders and groups to stem the growth of trauma among our veterans, survivors of sexual or other abuses, first responders, fire, police and medical professionals, their friends and families, and others. The purpose of the scars project is to provide low cost or no-cost educational materials and programs including plays, movies, books and other media to assist and benefit those suffering with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) or other psychological trauma. These materials will also assist families and loved ones. Providing these services and materials for victims and their relatives on a charitable basis is, and will be, a guiding principle for our activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Develop, deliver and promote interactive materials and programs to assist and benefit those who live with ptsd and their families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16,590.4%; rating input score 0; 0th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -141.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -92.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.