The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundationinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223704205
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Phone
8774441149
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,721
Expenses
$111,280
Assets
$439,428
Liabilities
$4,000

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA J WALDER ESQ (PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE)
  • VICKI GENTEMPO OFMANI (VICE PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA J WALDER ESQ (PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE)
  • FREDERICK J FIDDLE (TREASURER, TRUSTEE)
  • HOWARD S FIDDLE (SECRETARY, 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The daniel jordan fiddle foundation was established in january, 2000 and is a national organization focused on adults with autism spectrum disorders (asd). The mission of our volunteer-run organization is to develop, advocate for and award grants to programs that create innovative ways for the diverse population of adults with asd to participate in and contribute to community life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Musc foundation - with an initial gift of $52,500, the daniel jordan fiddle foundation adult autism post-professional doctoral capstone project for direct care service providers has been established for students in the post-professional occupational therapy doctorate (ppotd) at musc. The endowment will identify a daniel jordan fiddle foundation direct care service provider fellow, selected annually by the ppotd program leadership team, from a qualified pool of ppotd candidates with existing expertise in adult autism and a professional interest in advancing the field of direct care service for a wide range of autistic adults.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -203%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.95; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 10 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.