Smart Growth Vermont
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030362799
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Burlington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8028646310
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,179
- Expenses
- $75,082
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Smart Growth Vermont is dedicated to addressing the issue of "sprawl"-- the all-too-familiar pattern of strip development and spread-out low density development in the countryside that leads to a gradual decline in community life and values, and the erosion of the economic base in cities and villages.
What it reported doing in 2011
Raising public awareness about the causes and impacts of sprawl, past accomplishments have made a real difference in the traditional settlement patterns and land use that make Vermont such a special place. The launch and continued growth of our Community Planning Toolbox has provided citizen decision makers with the tools they need to change their regulations and educate their voters. We have also worked directly with communities to update town plans and regulations to encourage more compaact centers and to protect their working landscapes.
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
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 3
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 45.1%; rating input score 45
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: -176.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -160.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 45.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.