Talk It Up Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465254268
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-PF 2014
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3608306376
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,202
- Expenses
- $47,252
- Assets
- $17,221
- Liabilities
- $693
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANNY HAVLAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DEANNA POWELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RON ABBETT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ANNY HAVLAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DEANNA POWELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RON ABBETT (PRESIDENT)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is to acquire donations to be used to help give back to those truly in need and to help. Talk it up tv which is a web-based show that focuses on shocking acts of kindness. We take human interest stories and create positive messages. We are presented with a problem and try to help by creating a life changing event, for the better. We focus on those in need and try to better their situations. We have partnered with many non-profits to show individual real life circumstances or seek out these stones. We have been able to touch on homelessness, animal welfare, elderly welfare, cancer awareness, kindness and community, and many others. Talk it up tv foundation would allow for fundraising opportunities and tax deduction options for our donors. It is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(
What it reported doing in 2017
The foundation's exempt purpose is to assist organizations or individuals truly in need. Toward that purpose during 2017, the foundation has been able to help the causes of human trafficking, mental illness, childhood cancer, kindness and community, and many others.
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 94% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 60.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.