The Echo Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455006138
IRS 990-PF coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Phone
9545497270
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,605
Expenses
$10,035

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $6,000. The stated grant purposes included suicide prevention and education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. The available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 68
  • Cost Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 95

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 59.8%; rating input score 60; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 18 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: NotApplicable
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 45.33; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 68.3% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 95th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.