The Gold Standard Foundation USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274633268
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Lincoln, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174293149
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $6,384
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARION VERLES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LISA ROSEN (TREASURER AND CLERK)
- MARION VERLES (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate the general public, governments, and corporations on how to design a high quality carbon offset project.
What it reported doing in 2023
Educate carbon market stakeholders on how to properly design a high quality carbon offset project that integrates the local community
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2023
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.