The Development Practitioners Forum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264240955
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
3017717601
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5
Expenses
$13,583
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The forum empowers practitioners through its mission of building and strengthening online and offline knowledge networks in ways that tap their knowledge, preserve it, and put it to practical use. These activities accelerate the diffusion of practices that foster long-term sustainability and faster scaling up of successful interventions.

What it reported doing in 2011

The forum designed, developed, and beta-tested an interactive community website (www.infospring.org) that supports questions-and-answer (q&a) exchanges. The site was designed during the june-august period and beta-tested with 100 users from september to december. This activity was supported by a grant from dai, and website design services were provided gratis by dai. The forum submitted a final report to fulfill conditions of the grant.staff and consultants to the forum surveyed the development practitioners community in two countries, liberia and kenya, in order to understand areas of demand for the forum's services. The survey team explored the potential for establishing a chapter of the forum in each country in 2010. Follow-up visits were planned for q1 of 2010. The survey exercise was supported by a second grant from dai. The forum submitted a final report to fulfill conditions of the grant.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 0
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -271,560%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.