The Dru Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813072558
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brandon, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8133628330
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Lesbian, Gay Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,645
- Expenses
- $58,796
- Assets
- $56,165
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHAWN CHAUDHRY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHAWN CHAUDHRY (PRESIDENT)
- BRANDON WOLF (VICE PRESIDE)
- SARA GROSSMAN (SECRETARY)
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 dru project seeks to provide support for education on issues facing lgbtqia community members, assists in the development of gay-straight alliance programs in schools, provide support and consultation for parents of lgbtqia youth, advocate for greater access to mental health services and develop future leaders in the lgbtqia community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The dru project gives scholarships & grants to students who truly exemplify drew's spirit and desire for unity, inclusion, and love. We feel that setting young leaders up for success is the best way to change the future.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
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: -0.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.