Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Sola Foundation
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
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$3.5Mrevenue
FY2024 · +471% in 3 yrs29staff
6 of 6years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−22.0%
Months of reserve8.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+63.9%
Middle half of peersMedianSola
Where the money goes FY2024 · $4.2M spent
Programs$3.1M72%Management and general$1.0M25%Fundraising$116k3%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 35% of revenue stopped after FY2020
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation gave $1.0M in FY2020, 35% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 64% a year since FY2019, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort60funders
$2.0Ma year, last 3 years
68%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Technical Training FoundationSince FY2020$363k$898k$1.5M$1.5MThe Oprah Winfrey Charitable FoundationOn and off$1.0MHowmet Aerospace FoundationNew in FY2023$500kUnited Way IncStopped after FY2022$80k$55k–James Lee Sorenson Family FoundationOn and off$125kAlly Charitable FoundationSince FY2022$50k$50kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$65k$467k$49k$265k$483k28 other fundersUp to $50k a year each$3k$51k$168k$71k$134k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped