Spread the Love Charity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473411460
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Brawley, CA, USA
Phone
7604604013
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$339,422
Expenses
$295,573
Assets
$114,274
Liabilities
$17,672

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH ENZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA SOLORIO (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA SOLORIO (PRESIDENT/CEO): $68,828 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary mission of spread the love charity is to strengthen, unite and love our community, especially our homeless population. We strengthen those who feel that the load of life is too heavy. We unite as a community to help those who are less fortunate. We do all this with love so that it may spread and touch as many hearts as possible.

What it reported doing in 2020

The charity does outreach to distribute food and water, sanitary products and clothing to the homeless at different locations, 5 days a week. They purchased a mobile shower unit with money from the homeless emergency aid program(heap grant).they take the unit to different homeless sight locations once a week. Grant money received for covid outreach was used to educate the homeless on social distancing, wearing masks, and using sanitary products.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.3%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 38
  • Fundraising efficiency: $51.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 81.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 80.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.3% of revenue deployed · 38.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $113K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.