The Archibald Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453987866
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Horseshoe Bay, TX, USA
Phone
5128092722
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adoption

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,326
Expenses
$136,360
Assets
$276,166

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Nick Runyon (Executive Dir.)
  • Whitney Runyon (Director of Op)
  • Hallie Graves (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Archibald Project seeks to end the orphan crisis through creative and inspirational storytelling. Our stories advocate for orphans, educate on orphan care, build community, and inspire people to action.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Archibald Project is inspiring more people to get involved in fostercare, adoption, and family preservation through creative storytelling. Wecontinue to produce videos, podcasts, blogs, and photo stories that wereviewed millions of times over the past year. This has resulted in peopleall over the world starting the journey of foster care and adoption, vulnerable families being supported so they can keep their children, andpeople finding hope in the struggles of their parenting journeys. Thestories that The Archibald Project has produced and shared is directlyreducing the number of orphaned and vulnerable children in the world andchanging the lives of generations.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.6%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.6% of revenue deployed · 27.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.