SEMPO Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141891138
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Wakefield, MA, USA
Phone
7812460500
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Boards of Trade

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,327
Expenses
$178,119
Assets
$44,393
Liabilities
$116,175

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mike Corak (President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephan Bajaio (Director)
  • Luis Navarrete Gomez (Director)
  • Chris Boggs (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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

SEMPO is a global non-profit organization serving the search engine marketing industry and marketing professionals engaged in it. Its purpose is to provide a foundation for industry growth through building stronger relationships, fostering awareness, providing education, promoting the industry, generating research, and creating a better understanding of search and its role in marketing.

What it reported doing in 2018

The Organization's activities are primarily centered on education and awareness. To support their educational mission, they offer an extensive library of resources, research and articles, as well as outreach activities such as webinars and speaking events. To drive awareness of the value of search marketing, and how to maximize its potential in a marketing mix, the organization funds advertising campaigns, outreach activities, events, and press. The Organization's research studies help to quantify the value of Search Marketing and track the industry trends.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 18
  • Growth: 0

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: -16.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.62; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.