State of Safety

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831478298
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9718012094
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,049
Expenses
$209,232
Assets
$17,700
Liabilities
$30,988

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HENRY WESSINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LISA REYNOLDS (DIRECTOR)
  • MARSHANA WILLIAMS (DIRECTOR)
  • LOIS SEED (CHAIR)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

State of safety reduces gun violence in Oregon through educating the public on gun violence prevention, promoting gun safety and responsible gun ownership, and identifying evidence-based policies to reduce gun violence.

What it reported doing in 2020

- publication of major research report, Oregon firearm suicide prevention project" by zev braun, director of policy and programs at state of safety- publication of "human toll of gun violence" for all Oregon senate and house districts

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.75; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -70.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $178K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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

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  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.