The Michela Schiff Giorgini Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Egyptian restoration projects and scholarships

Fellowship grants to scholars for study of egyptology andparticipation in funding of franco-egyptian center at karnakspecific restoration projects.

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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

Operating margin: -125.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 63.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $55K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.