The Schoolbox Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812657549
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Sebastopol, CA, USA
Phone
5309061974
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,770
Expenses
$34,357
Assets
$55,018
Liabilities
$1,759

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BELLE SWEENEY (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • BELLE SWEENEY (CEO)
  • MONICA JULIAN (Secretary)
  • PAULA REECE (CFO)

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

The schoolbox project offers informal education, art, play, and dance all with a trauma informed approch. Programs are designed with consideration for the short and long term effects of trauma. The schoolbox project provides schools with ongoing trauma training for teachers.

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
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 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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.