Vanguard Coalition Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134064198
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9178828445
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,257
- Expenses
- $23,394
- Assets
- $88
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELEANOR SCOTT (President)
- HENRY A MOORHEAD (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- JOE EDWARDS (Treasurer)
- ELEANOR SCOTT (President)
- HENRY A MOORHEAD (Vice President)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To raise funds for educational and scholarships
What it reported doing in 2014
To raise funds for educational and scholarships programs. We achieve these goals through a variety of events.
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
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -62.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.