Spring Street Climate Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934822911
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
9172747593
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,541
Expenses
$117,920
Assets
$71,654
Liabilities
$16,057

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LAURA HANSEN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • CLAIRE RAFFEL (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JOHN RASKIN (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Spring street climate action advocates for New York to undertake ambitious climate policy, through a combination of lobbying, public education and support to grassroots non-profit and civic organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

General programs - the general program supports the core operations and ongoing work of spring street climate action. This includes organizational management, internal operations, communications, and administrative support necessary to carry out the organization's mission. The program also supports planning, coordination, and operational capacity-building across ssca's initiatives and partnerships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -32.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.