Unchained

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465675135
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone
6142033513
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection Against Abuse

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,109
Expenses
$7,521
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • STEPHANIE CATANI (FOUNDER)
  • SHEILA TIMM (BOARD CHAIR)
  • KELLY BOMBALOUGH (VICE CHAIR)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Unchained utilizes artistic expression to advocate for the survivors of human trafficking through: raising awareness, empowering healing, and equipping holistic restoration.

What it reported doing in 2019

Fashion show - performance art show telling the story of human trafficking, give signs to look for, and ways to report the crime. Show had to be cancelled as a result of dissolution of the organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.4%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 19.8%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 109%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -96.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -82% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -132.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.4% of revenue deployed · 19.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.