Trade-fair Marketplace
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205171572
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Huntsville, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2567834783
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,510
- Expenses
- $10,835
- Assets
- $47,391
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Linda Worley (President)
People named in this filing
- Linda Worley (President)
- Shirley McCormick (Treasurer)
- Christy Lamb (Board of Directors)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the corporation is to operate a non profit retail store that sells exclusively products purchased from wholesalers who adhere to the tenets of Fair Trade which are as follows: 1. Pay a fair wage in the local context. 2. Provide equal opportunities for all people, particularly the most disadvantaged. 3. Engage in Environmentally sustainable practices. 4. Build long term relationships. 5. Provide healthy and safe working conditions. 6. Provide financial and technical assistance to workers whenever possible. 7. Be open to public accountability. 8. Offer employees opportunity for advancement.
What it reported doing in 2024
We support Fair Trade Artisans by marking their goods in the developed world. We only buy from certified Fair Trader Artisans. Any profits made after we cover expenses are donated to organizations that support the marginalized in the World.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.37; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.