The Children of the Earth Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223793012
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Waretown, NJ, USA
Phone
6099711799
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,933
Expenses
$145,676
Assets
$115,550
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICK HORVATH (PRESIDENT)
  • HOLLY STRAHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LOU PONIG (TRUSTEE)
  • SAM KENNEDY (TRUSTEE)
  • KELLEY LOUISE (TRUSTEE)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To ensure the survival of future generations by guiding youth and community to a pure connection with the earth.

What it reported doing in 2018

The organization provides educational and awareness classes by exposing children to the wilderness through wilderness living skills, tracking awareness and nature studies. 663 students were enrolled in our program in 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -143.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.