Twenty-one Senses Inc Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832832419
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,692
Expenses
$71,791
Assets
$13,085
Liabilities
$7,594

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jen Puccini (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jen Puccini (President)
  • Danielle Heaton (Founding Director)
  • Robin Hanson (Board)

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

Twenty-One Senses is advancing inclusion in the community for children with invisible disabilities. We provide awareness education and support for families and the community regarding sensory neurodiversity and nervous system regulation through our two program lines.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach Services: Provide education training and support to families schools and community business and organizations. Provide training about invisible disabilities to over 400 people and educated 10,000 people while supporting 33 calm rooms in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.