Sister Cities of Newport News Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541963734
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Newport News, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7576973129
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Promotion of International Understanding
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,589
- Expenses
- $111,472
- Assets
- $66,019
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATE HELWIG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- FRED KOHLMAN (PRESIDENT)
- SARAH SUTTON (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KATE HELWIG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BUD CURTIS (DIRECTOR)
- VIKI CHAFFEE HANKE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To conduct visits to or hosting of visitors from participating cities for the purpose of cultural and educational exchange and interaction, as well as to provide public speaking, appearances and demonstration about daily life in the participating cities. These are intended to educate and inform the audiences of the unique aspects of differing cultures. Hosting inter-cultural sporting events, art exhibitions and other events are some of the other programs designed to foster and promote interaction between the participating cities and provide an opportunity for a cultural exchange of information and ideas.
What it reported doing in 2024
In this fiscal year, scnn continued to conduct reciprocal international exchanges with our partnering international cities and provided members of our sistered communities with an increased understanding of other cultures.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 52%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.