The Museum of Bags Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300072468
IRS 990-PF coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2012
Location
Mclean, VA, USA
Phone
7038931968
Rating
13
Verdict
AVOID
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,200
Expenses
$14,469

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Museum, Museum Activities

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

AVOID - The strongest available result is that the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify all grant recipients and a relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency: 0
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Scored; rating input score 0

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 4; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Investments: Filed investments detail
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency: Grant recipient disclosure scored 0/100.
  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 17/100.