Stand Together Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273197768
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7032147118
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,352,812
- Expenses
- $114,201,164
- Assets
- $223,447,118
- Liabilities
- $4,786,476
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Evan Feinberg (Executive Director (Outgoing)/Chairman (Incoming))
- Derek Johnson (Executive Director (INCOMING))
- Lance Dilario (Vice President, Strategy)
- Sara Peters (Vice President, Impact)
Highest reported compensation
- Sara Peters (Vice President, Impact): $407,516 total reported compensation
- Evan Feinberg (Executive Director (Outgoing)/Chairman (Incoming)): $397,509 total reported compensation
- Lance Dilario (Vice President, Strategy): $391,524 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to build strong and safe communities in America by enabling people to learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. We are looking to transform the social sector by investing in bottom-up solutions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Stand Together Foundation identifies and supports a growing network of leaders, innovators, and changemakers in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country who are on the ground solving problems with their communities. We equip leaders with resources and tools to strengthen their charitable organizations, grow their leadership, and connect with an inspiring community of peer leaders to increase their impact and offer a powerful example of what's possible when we believe in people.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,267.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -40.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $408K · 15 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.2M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 14 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.