The Dominican Development Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650899990
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8134002722
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Printing, Publishing
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,099,121
Expenses
$1,094,560
Assets
$248,617
Liabilities
$2,716

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID MORROW (PRESIDENT)
  • THE RT REV JULIO C HOLGUIN (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BOB STEVENS (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID MORROW (PRESIDENT)
  • THE RT REV JULIO C HOLGUIN (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THE RT REV J SCOTT BARKER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the dominican development group is to represent the dominican episcopal church in the u.s., provide technical help and resources, and support companion diocese relationships. In this way it will help underwrite the development of the dominican episcopal church by facilitating its takeoff helping equip it for ministry in the dominican republic, supporting the churchs basic priorities of evangelism, social ministries and self-sufficiency, and assisting its move toward an interdependent autonomy within the episcopal and anglican communions.

What it reported doing in 2014

Mission support for the episcopal diocese of the dominican republic

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -36.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -83.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $978K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.