Guides young people to find positive paths, learn good values, and take responsibility.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $100K in revenue, $91K in expenses, and $46K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$100K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$91K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$46K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $10K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
81%
12%
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.12 Fundraising $0.07
Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
1.4mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+10%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$100K
FY2020
$138K$69K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$91K
FY2020
$122K$61K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$50K
FY2020
$76K$38K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$4K
FY2020
$22K$11K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$100K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$91K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$46K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$10K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$50K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
1 program service account for $73K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
For the year ended December 31, 2020, N.O.V.A. Principles Foundation operated the following programs:NOVA PrinciplesNOVA is taught to adolescents, male and female, grades 5 to 11. The program is taught by certified NOVA Instructors.
Lyman Gifford’s $44K as Executive Director
is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2165 $100K–1M human services nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Lyman Gifford · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $36K · Total expenses $91K
40%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $40K · Total expenses $91K
44%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
81%
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Overhead ratio
12%
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Fundraising cost ratio
16%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
—
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
—
—
Fundraising fee ratio
0%
—
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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