Spirit of Entrepreneurship
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274636242
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8056828775
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,704
- Expenses
- $103,346
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CATHY FELDMAN (CEO)
- DARYA BRONSTON (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- CATHY FELDMAN (CEO)
- CAROLINE MACDOUGALL (Director)
- ARUNI BOTEJU (Secretary)
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
To recognize the contributions of women business owners in santa barbara county as well as support future economic growth through education and the recognition of student entrepreneurs.
What it reported doing in 2018
To recognize the contribution of women business owners with non-monetary awards and scholarships to area high school and city college students for their successful business plans and the yearly event.
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
SUPPORTED - 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: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2018
- 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: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.