The Dove Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383040503
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Location
- Lake Oswego, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5037265210
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Press
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $257,062
- Expenses
- $320,381
- Assets
- $12,583
- Liabilities
- $757
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAR VANDERARK (PRESIDENT)
- SUZANNE SAMMONS (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MARK H VONDETT (CFO): $86,411 total reported compensation
- RICHARD ROLFE (DIRECTOR): $67,292 total reported compensation
- SUZANNE SAMMONS (CEO): $16,803 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To encourage and promote the creation, production, distribution and consumption of wholesome family entertainment
What it reported doing in 2016
To encourage and promote the creation, production, distribution and consumption of wholesome family entertainment ethics and awards the dove seal of approval for qualifying films/dvd for family friendly viewing. The foundation reviews 500 movies/dvd's annualy. We had developed relationships with film makers, major studios, independent film makers, and distributors. The foundation maintains a web-site for families to visit and read reviews on new releases or dvd's so they are aware of the content their families will be exposed to and whether the movie/dvd is suitable for family viewing. The web-site houses nearly 10,000 reviews on movies and dved along with many articles, interviews with film makers, etc. To provide information to discerning parents trying to make wise entertainment choices. Additionally, we assist producers and distributors in marketing films that have been awarded the dove family approved seal to a select audience that has opted for news and information about family friendly entertainment and work with films in process recommending edits to productions to remove inappropriate material to help develop the products into a position that can be marketed to families seeking "faith and family friendly" entertainment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 42
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 53.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 52% of revenue deployed · 41.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $134K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Grant Readiness: SAM / OFAC restrictions: this organization returned a name match close enough to need a human check before a grant is released.