Sunlight of the Spirit Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364432474
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7738261614
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,828
Expenses
$128,356
Assets
$35,142
Liabilities
$10,512

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wilma Baugh (President)

People named in this filing

  • Michalina Zawilla (Executive Direc)
  • Wilma Baugh (President)
  • Lillian Wright (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

MISSIONTo encourage disenfranchised individuals to work towards self-sufficiency by addressing basic needs, & providing wrap-around support and sharing resources. GOALHelp provide the basic needs & resources to under served individuals attmepting to break new barriers to achieve their goals, so they can focus on other goals instead of the daily pursuit of survival. PHILOSOPHYWe offer a "hand-up", not a "hand-out"; with the notion that if you give a man a fish he can eat for a day, but if you teach a man to fish he can eat for a lifetime. HISTORYSunlight of the Spirit is the non-profit arm of Jack Clark's Family Recovering Communities, Inc., which helps to provide shelter and structure for individuals who have a desire to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. jackclarksfamily.org

What it reported doing in 2014

Our mission with this project is to serve as a stepping stone for people to realize their potential and build pathways for job advancement within the community. The shop provides multiple learning and employment opportunities, as well as serves as a place for individuals to sell their baked goods and display their artwork for sale.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.9%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 46.7%; rating input score 47

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.9% of revenue deployed · 46.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.