Slow Poke Acupuncture

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811759328
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,612
Expenses
$22,871
Assets
$1,778

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Tara Spalty (Chairman)

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

Providing affordable preventative and maintenance healthcare for those who cannot normally access it

What it reported doing in 2017

Streetside Projects: Acupuncture is direct pain relief without use of opioid painkillers. Acupuncture is a perfect component of a harm reduction program because it provides pain reduction and trauma relief with no contraindications for medications or drugs. Research shows acupuncture is effective for alleviating stress, chronic and acute pain, PTSD, depression, insomnia, and anxiety. Regular treatments boost the immune system, curb addictive cravings and assist the recovery process. In our experience, people who may not normally go to a doctor will come to see us. This expands options for clients who may be experiencing bureaucratic barriers to care, or are dealing with trauma experiences around conventional care.

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: 37
  • Growth: 60

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: 7.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 9; 9th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 129.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 191.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th 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 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.