The Knowledge Project Childrens Creative Writing Campaign

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133839510
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2123469933
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,335
Expenses
$55,106
Assets
$239
Liabilities
$399,861

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Margaret Hunnewell (Executive Dir.)
  • Sheldon Lewis (Chairman)
  • Mark Schulte (Treasurer)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To cultivate good citzenship and self-reliance and empower students with knowledge and the skills to be literate thinkers and effective communicators

What it reported doing in 2020

TKP published the first issue of TEENS MIND done in collaboration with Professional Performing Arts School and prepared a second issue of the proposed bi-annual teen zine - online and printed publication of writings and images by teens for teens. Engaged Media and Writing consultants to facilitate online programs and Masterclasses in Writing, Media and Communications such as: WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE, TEENS WRITE COMEDY, PODCASTING, STREET STRINGERS (a journalism initiative)and HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE IN 24 HOURS, etc. The TKP team learned to effectively use ZOOM and train facilitating consultants and participants (the students and adults taking TKP programs) to use ZOOM and alternative telecommunication platforms. The team also created Social Media elements to publicize the online Writing and Communication programs.

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
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -490.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1,673.06; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 50.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2020
  • 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.

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: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.