Spero Zak Putnam
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203350243
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6032366285
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $30,008
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ZAK PUTNAM (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ZAK PUTNAM (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
- SCOTT LISTON (TREASURER AND DIRECTOR)
- EVAN CARBOTTI (SECRETARY AND 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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Charitable Giving
What it reported doing in 2015
Spero is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of children in NE Each year Spero chooses a youth charity/nonprofit
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
- 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: 10
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.