The Comedy Resistance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823865970
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Glendale, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9516420123
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,179
- Expenses
- $89,344
- Assets
- $12,835
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- David Rath (Officer)
- Thomas Gianas (Officer)
- Ricardo Gutierrez (Officer)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Comedy Resistance has organized voter registration at many comedy shows across the country and virtual shows.
What it reported doing in 2020
The Comedy Resistance has given direct aid to families and individuals in need of immediate resources to fight off and recover from Covid-19 infection: Medicine, vitamins, oximeters, covidtesting, home antigen test kits, vaccinations and aid to help prevent further spread of disease. The Comedy Resistance has purchased and distributed tens of thousands of reusable masks nation wide to Indiginous reservations, farm workers, the homeless, women shelters
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 program spending 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: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.4%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 45.1%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 61.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -44.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.4% of revenue deployed · 45.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 39/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.