Unitarian Universalist Community Schools Campaign

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272851498
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2009, Form 990-N 2009
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6465356564
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,119
Expenses
$11,010
Assets
$1,109

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Unitarian Universalist Community Schools Campaign is a network of indivduals and groups committed to creating inspiring communities of service and spirit for high school aged youth. At the heart of these communities are the seven principles of the Unitarian Universalist faith, a liberal religious tradition. These principles call us to create radically welcoming schools dedicated to truth, democracy, and justice.

What it reported doing in 2009

Outreach & Knowledge Gathering (O&K) Initiative: Our initial task over these first 5 month of operation were (1) to reach out to the UU faith and other interested parties to explain our purpose and inform them of the benefits of our mission to found these communities, and (2) to begin formally researching a model/plan for Community School design. We were successful in reaching out to the UU faith by holding several Information Sessions at congregations and other venues on the East coast and West coast as well as interacting with UUs from around the U.S. at the UU General Assembly. We were also able to link in many other interested parties and individuals via our web presence and had success in our targeted recruitment of professionals to assist us in our development. Our success in the O&K Initiative over these first few months of operation has made it possible to (1) create a formal Program Team that can develop a preliminary model for our communities by mid-2011 and a final model by the end of 2011, and (2) the organization is now well placed to support a Development Team that can handle the large task of managing a more advanced outreach effort to all 1000+ UU congregations by early 2011 and facilitating their involvement throughout the coming years.

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

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 the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93

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: 9.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 7; 7th 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: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

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 7/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.