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New York NY | IRS ruling year: 2021 | EIN: 84-4907262
Organization Mission
At Inform Your Community we maximize the power of authentic entertainment experiences to provide relevant impactful information to children and adults of all ages th ... (More)
At Inform Your Community we maximize the power of authentic entertainment experiences to provide relevant impactful information to children and adults of all ages through fun, free, and meaningful events. These facilitate knowledge acquisition relevant to an informed electorate encompassed by the four C's: civics, civic engagement, civility, and civil rights. (Less)
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Not Currently Scored
Inform Your Community cannot currently be evaluated by our Accountability & Finance methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data.
To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System's Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for Inform Your Community under the EIN: 84-4907262.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate Inform Your Community, Inform Your Community will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
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Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Foundation Status:
Organization that normally receives no more than one-third of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of its support from contributions, fees, and gross receipts related to exempt purposes. 509(a)(2) (BMF foundation code: 16)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Inform Your Community) or EIN (844907262) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Inform Your Community cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
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This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
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No CreditConstituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points Constituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points
100% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. The methodology leveraged for Constituent Feedback is based on The Core Principles of Constituent Feedback, which describes listening and responding well to feedback. Charity Navigator participates in a consortium with other feedback experts and leading nonprofit infrastructure platforms to drive Constituent Feedback's advancement, promotion, and data collection.
Who are the people you serve with your mission? Describe briefly.
Inform Your Community seeks to foster a more informed electorate. Our audience includes those who are not necessarily politically active but who, nonetheless, value opportunities to learn about politically relevant topics because they are politically aware. Mostly, we serve people: - who thirst for more information about current political issues but who also demand authentic fun experiences in whatever they undertake by providing high yield entertainment and information value in each of our programs. - with time deficits by providing an opportunity for busy people - many of whom work long or irregular hours, care for dependents, and have stressful positions - to maximize their time by being twice as productive both having fun and becoming informed through our programs.
How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Suggestion box/email, Other means
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
With whom does your organization share the feedback you got from the people you serve?
Our board
How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship with them or shifted power - over decisions, resources, rules or in other ways - to them?
We value our constituents and want to hear from them. We include an interest survey on our website and in our post event email so that people can tell us about the issues they would like to see focused on during our events. This allows us to communicate directly with our audience and be responsive to their needs helping them to be stakeholders in our organization, programs, and events. We work for them.
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Briefly describe a recent change that your organization made in response to feedback from the people you serve.
We have recently simplified our registration process based on feedback from a recent event.
Equity Practices - No Data AvailableUnscored Equity Practices - No Data AvailableUnscored
This organization has not provided information regarding the Equity Practices it is presently implementing. As such, the organization has not earned a score on this metric. This assessment demonstrates the importance of implementing practices that contribute positively to an organization's overall culture, both internally and with respect to community engagement. Furthermore, equity centered frameworks and similar approaches have drawn much attention from donors, experts, and sector leaders who underscore its value to the nonprofit's overall health and capacity for mission success. Currently, the Equity Strategies Checklist assessment consists of practices and policies that promote racial equity in their operations and programs (per the Equity Strategies checklist administered by Candid). As we refine our DEI assessment, Charity Navigator partners with DEI consultants and field experts to broaden and deepen this work.
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This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditMission 10/10 points Mission 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
At Inform Your Community we maximize the power of authentic entertainment experiences to provide relevant impactful information to children and adults of all ages through fun, free, and meaningful events. These facilitate knowledge acquisition relevant to an informed electorate encompassed by the four C's: civics, civic engagement, civility, and civil rights.
Vision 10/10 points Vision 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
An informed electorate is vital to America. Today, it's harder than ever to sift through information
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals 20/20 points Goals 20/20 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Increase the frequency of our event offerings across our six programs.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Increase donations received to allow us to further develop our internal organizational resources as well as fund our program costs.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
Leadership Development 15/15 points Leadership Development 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
We have provided our Board of Directors with Development Training. We have also undertaken our second formal annual Strategic Planning process. We have formalized our onboarding process to provide new board members the information they need to understand their important role in nonprofit stewardship.
Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
Inform Your Community actively participates in no less than three networking nonprofit support oriented communities. We maintain a database of past, current, and potential future partner organizations. We continually outreach through LinkedIn and other social media as well as our other personal and professional networks to meet new people, promote our mission, and find additional partners for our programs.
Adaptability Story 30/30 points Adaptability Story 30/30 points
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
This year we have gone from a single pilot event to hosting two events and are looking to host three events per month starting our next fiscal year. This growth is substantial and has necessitated that we actively look for volunteers o assist in all aspects of our programs. As part f this process we have been recruiting Directors of our programs, additional board members, project based volunteers, and interns all of whom are ensured through their work with us mutual benefit of learning from their new positions and experiences which we uphold as integral for volunteers or interns in any role. A culture of learning is paramount in our minds as we execute out programs as well as welcome new volunteers and interns into our organization.
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