Telford Area Community Aid Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232422217
IRS 990-PF coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Fort Washington, PA, USA
Phone
2156903819
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,102
Expenses
$8,843

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Community Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 9 grants totaling $8,500. The stated grant purposes included to assist the organization in its efforts to provide resources to prevent homelessness and to assist clients transitioning out of homelessness in bucks county, to assist the organization in providing library services to residents of the telford-souderton and surrounding areas, and to assist the organization in providing educational and social services to individuals in the souderton-telford area, plus 6 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 11.42; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 80th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.