We Are Here Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475028971
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
6462060139
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,666
Expenses
$87,311
Assets
$127,951

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALICIA KEYS (PRESIDENT &)

People named in this filing

  • ALICIA KEYS (PRESIDENT &)
  • ERIKA R SANTORO (EXEC. DIRECT)
  • DJ WALTON (TREASURER &)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Equal world, without poverty or discrimination. We serve as a clearinghouse for the public-identifying pressing and currentissues that call for public attention; charitable organizations and efforts with demonstrated success tackling challenging problems; and opportunities for the public to effectuating change. Our current ares of focus are equality & justice, women & children, and climate & consciousness.

What it reported doing in 2018

We are here's public education and awareness-raising events form the core of its programmatic platform. We are here used its website and social media platforms to educate the public on issues and current events relevant to our areas of focus - equality and justice, women and children, and climate consciousness. Highlights include organizing roundtable of other celebrity influencers, charitable foundations and other supporters to raise awareness for education and racial justice issues.

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 88% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -56.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -104% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -131.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K 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: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.