The Finley Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471325653
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Winter Park, FL, USA
- Phone
- 4078862597
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $358,988
- Expenses
- $436,980
- Assets
- $182,456
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KWESI JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KWESI JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS KAVENAGH (BOARD MEMBER)
- SAVANNAH CLIFTON (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to take care of grieving moms in the minutes, hours and days after infant loss through a 7-part holistic program. We fulfill this mission through a holistic program immediately following the loss of a child by supporting the mom with funeral planning, meal and gift cards, professional house cleaning, professional massage therapy, support group placement, licensed mental health counseling and support from a volunteer support coordinator. The finley project exists in order for moms to know there is someone supporting them in the gap between the hospital and the home. The finley project will walk with a mom through the horrific trauma of losing a child not just right after, but in the days, months and years ahead.
What it reported doing in 2024
2024/2025 enrolled the 580th mother in the program supported 20 dads in the dads support program hosted a summer, fall & winter live again retreat for moms volunteers donated over 8900 volunteer hours
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 70.6%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 70.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $308K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.