The Bell Action Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841550842
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3032970456
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Citizen Participation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,000
- Expenses
- $180,486
- Assets
- $41,584
- Liabilities
- $1,750
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT WASSERMAN (Prior President)
- Chris deGruy Kennedy (President)
People named in this filing
- RAYMOND RIVERA (CHAIRMAN)
- JEAN DUBOFSKY (DIRECTOR)
- SARAH VAUGHAN (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 bell action network was formed to promote social welfare and for other educational and charitable purposes. The organization supports public policies that promote economic mobility for every coloradan through education, communication, and advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Key Achievements in 2024 included:* Shared research and policy ideas with key leaders, including opportunities to alleviate cost pressures on families, support older adults, strengthen our caring workforce and the recipients of care, support greater educational equity, support consumer protection and financial empowerment, and advance public investments and fiscal reform in support of economic mobility;* Highlighted key policy levers and investments promoting economic mobility through social media and public education campaigns* Shared timely and relevant information about 2024 ballot measures with the public, including their potential impact on tax fairness, racial equity, and economic mobility.
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 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -88%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.