Special Friends Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651224236
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Carle Place, NY, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$84,554
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher G McCann (CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT)
  • Julie-mccann Mulligan (vice president)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher G McCann (CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT)
  • James McCann Jr (DIRECTOR)
  • Julie-mccann Mulligan (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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Special friends inc. Was formed to establish and facilitate the on-going support of a network of persons interested in volunteering their time to befriend, provide companionship, and social interaction through correspondence, telephone, and personal contact with disabled persons residing in group living residences throughout the long island, New York area. The organization is organzized exclusiveley for charitable purposes, including for such purposes, the making of donations to other not-for-profit organizations that qualify under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

What it reported doing in 2018

During 2018 special friends inc. Provided a grant to smile farms inc, a related 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to provide developmentally disabled adults with meaningful work opportunitites at self-sustaining greenhouses and/or farms after they transition out of customary school programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

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: 7
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -83.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -46.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th 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 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.