The Don't Wait Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900665390
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- East Wenatchee, WA, USA
- Phone
- 5092894270
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,445
- Expenses
- $70,791
- Assets
- $19,253
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LISA BRAWLEY (PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
- GERALD AGEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LISA BRAWLEY (PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
- NEWTON MOATS (SECRETARY)
- GERALD AGEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 don't wait project (dwp), founded in 2011, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to raising community awareness about how positive life choices can impact the health and welfare of individuals, organizations and communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The don't wait project (dwp) completed its 12th year with participating school districts in this growing program. Students write, direct, produce and star in anti-bullying psas based on their own in-school experiences and concerns. They use a professional quality film camera and other equipment while learning valuable teamwork and industry skills throughout production. Since partnering with filmmaker, educator, and unmake a bully creator mike feurstein in 2012, don't wait to unmake a bully has worked with more than 18,000 4-12 grade students at schools throughout the country, producing hundreds of psas. The dwp has continued to expand its program's messaging to amplify the voices and concerns of today's students, including producing psas that cover topics ranging from social media safety to safety in schools. The dwp has hosted multiple premieres at donated venues (i.e. Numerica performing arts center in wenatchee, wa; as well as screenings at theaters albany, ny) where students, teachers, administrators, families, and entire local communities are invited to screen the student-produced psas and behind the scenes footage.in 2024, three additional school districts in the greater capital region, which includes albany, saratoga, and schenectady, ny, participated in our program through local grant funding, reaching students who wouldn't have otherwise had the opportunity to participate in the education and filmmaking our program provides.in addition, the dwp has partnered with 518 elevated of albany, ny, which connects promising students with mentors, resources, and opportunities that help them achieve a higher education. The program has included both remote and in-person education and film participation both after school and during school breaks.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- 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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th 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 · $71K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.