Unlikely Collaborators Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880946264
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Wichita, KS, USA
Phone
3168280900
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,843,333
Expenses
$1,848,811

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

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,764,969. The stated grant purposes included american red cross provides relief and support to those in crisis. uc supports healing workshops for veterans including "mind-body" workshops to improve emotional intelligence, as well as "resiliency" workshops to help boost coping skills for service members and their loved ones after both deployment and reintegration into civilian life., los angeles-based create now empowers youth and young adults from ages 3 to 24 through a variety of arts programs in multiple disciplines that help them to heal and thrive. the uc grant enables create now to grow operational staff and implementation in more l.a. schools to meet the growing needs of the community., and unlikely collaborators' grant supports take me out feet first, a powerful documentary project produced by creative visions foundation. the funding will underwrite one of the series' eleven episodes, featuring the voices of 20-25 terminally ill individuals across the u.s. illuminating their courage and dignity at the end of life., plus 12 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 98% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 64

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Fail
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 20.98; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 64th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 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.

  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.