Union Standard Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300387281
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
9125471412
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Business and Industry

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$83,838
Assets
$25,782

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through our research, we guide making sound investments in socially responsible companies with good workplace practices, solid corporate governance, and commitments to environmental sustainability. The union standard project offers subscribers access to our three unique screens:1. Positive union-management relations or employee relations (if non-union); 2. Positive environmental policies (especially "green" job growth); and 3. Positive corporate governance (transparency, etc.). As well, usp offers portfolios customized to client goals.along with screen-based investment guidance usp can provide a range of educational AIDS, including webinars, seminars, lectures, etc., to help clients improve their investment performance.

What it reported doing in 2011

See schedule o.

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
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -123.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $33K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.