The Brecht Forum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133219381
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3124935464
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.*
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $151,524
- Expenses
- $274,710
- Assets
- $235,367
- Liabilities
- $208,408
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
People named in this filing
- MATTHEW BIRKHOLD (Executive Dir.)
- SAMAR AL-BULUSHI (Director)
- SAM ANDERSON (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our organization is a place for social justice, equality and a new culture that puts human needs first
What it reported doing in 2013
Provide forums, seminars, classes theater workshops, art exhibits, music, poetry and art events to the general public
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
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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72
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: -81.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $197K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.