Soldiers Who Salsa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274091893
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2012
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6462362796
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitative Medical Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,595
Expenses
$49,221
Assets
$20,387
Liabilities
$69

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADRIENNE MATT (President)
  • LARRY HAGENBUSH (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ADRIENNE MATT (President)
  • JAMES JOHNSON (Secretary)
  • LARRY HAGENBUSH (Vice President)

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

We provided dance therapy to wounded military members, active and retired, and their families at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, VA La Jolla, NMCSD in San Diego, Fort Collins, WRNMCC in Bethesda and a base in Honolulu, Hawaii.

What it reported doing in 2017

Provided dance therapy to more than 150 wounded military members, active and retired, and their families in California, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.