The Mary a Schmecker Turtle Shell Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272238388
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Shelton, CT, USA
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,865
- Expenses
- $22,895
- Assets
- $27,490
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- MICHELE BIALEK (DIRECTOR)
- FRED BIALEK JR (DIRECTOR)
- ELLEN COX (DIRECTOR)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide creative outlets in arts, music and artisan crafts in order to create a rich cultural heritage for tomorrow.
What it reported doing in 2015
We envision a cummunity in which people of all ages have access to their artistic and creative sides. We aim to see kids and adults who are creating a more vibrant cummunity through their shared artistic endeavors. With the aid of local crafts people, artists, and musicians and donations from our sponsors and teh public, we hope to provide bridges to creative expression with scholarships, internships, fistivals, and, eventually, classroom instruction and apprenticeship programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 30% of revenue deployed · 40.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.