Nonprofit screen
Screen a listCurious Communications Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$846krevenue
FY2024 · +16% in 3 yrs7staff
5 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−1.0%
Months of reserve2.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.0%
Middle half of peersMedianCurious Communications
Where the money goes FY2024 · $854k spent
Programs$705k82%Management and general$87k10%Fundraising$62k7%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 20% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Schumann Media Center Inc gave $150k in FY2020, 20% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsNo return on record for FY2023
It filed for FY2022 and FY2024, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 10% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort17funders
$597ka year, last 3 years
47%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Novo FoundationOn and off$500k$250k$250k$350kShift Fka Aaron & Martha Schecter Private FoundationSince FY2021$130k$100k$100kPark Foundation IncSince FY2020$15k$75k$35k$60kSchumann Media Center IncOn and off$150kNew York Women's Foundation IncNew in FY2023$100kThe Ford FoundationOn and off$99kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$30k$10k$10k$165k$90k6 other fundersUp to $30k a year each$30k$5k$5k$65k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund