Sunshine from Darkness Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263271567
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Longboat Key, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9413086463
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,076
- Expenses
- $48,143
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The objectives of the organization are to support and fund the scientific investigation and creativity that will find treatments, cures and ways to prevent mental illness and brain disorders and to fund projects on the cutting edge of research which will bring the greatest results quickly. Sunshine from darkness also strategically presents information about mental illness and available resource. We partner with sponsors and donors to erase the stigma attached to mental illness.
What it reported doing in 2012
Our program service accomplishments are a free to the public, "journey to wellness" symposium, featuring renowned scientists as well as speakers who have been touched by mental illness. At this symposium we make available to those attending these symposia information on local, regional and national services as well as facilities and the opportunity to connect directly with those organizations. The journey to wellness symposium was attended by over 1700 people, 10% health care professionals earning ceu's. Our past annual sunshine from darkness gala was attended by over 300 people. This fund raising event helps us to provide funding to imhro and their cutting edge research.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 4
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -100%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -85.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -121.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.