The Sydney and Nolan Smith Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320338929
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3019904990
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,053
- Expenses
- $14,466
- Assets
- $1,670
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of this organization is to become a positive influence in the lives of children greiving from the loss of a parent or close loved one.
What it reported doing in 2012
To positively touch the lives of children effected by loss.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.8%; rating input score 56
- 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: -43.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -57.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 49.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.