Truth About Pebble Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208306659
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9073826149
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,006
- Expenses
- $49,072
- Assets
- $8,609
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advocate for a fair, open, and just process to permit the Pebble Project in Southwestern Alaska's Bristol Bay Region ("Pebble Project"), to educate citizens, the media and policy makers regarding the economic benefits of the thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment, the national security benefits of the reduced reliance on foreign countries th meet America's needs for copper and strategic minerals, to ensure an honest dialogue on the Pebble Project, to accomplish related goals as set forth in its mission statement, and for other lawful purposes.
What it reported doing in 2011
Composed and submitted letters to editors of statewide publications, legislatures, Alaska's DC delegation, the EPA, industry and opposition groups; Composing and submitting opinion articles to statewide publications; Guest and call-in participation on statewide radio talk shows; and E-newsletter distribution to 1,500 Alaskans interested in the Truth About Pebble.
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
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 30 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.