Seeding Change
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263256538
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Kalamazoo, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2698731401
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,293
- Expenses
- $131,488
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE BERTMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEVE BERTMAN (PRESIDENT)
- CORY MATKOVICH (VICE-PRESIDE)
- MARIA ALICIA MATA (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Developing life-long, civically-active, and globally-aware leaders of peace and justice.
What it reported doing in 2023
The organization serves youth from schools, faith-based organizations and non-profit agencies in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 8
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.4%; rating input score 12
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -226.3%; rating input score 5; 5th 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: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.