Achieve International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273571261
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Fishers, IN, USA
Phone
3175080335
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,316
Expenses
$126,573
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Stout (President)
  • James Curles (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Stout (President)
  • Brad Fuson (Secretary)
  • Glenn McDonald (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Achieve international, inc. Is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. We are dedicated to transforming the lives of our youth through education, individual sports and job training. We exist to equip at-risk and disadvantaged urban youth with the skills needed to transform their lives through education, individual sports and job training.

What it reported doing in 2021

Achieve Academy is a branch of Achieve that provides our students with online instruction and tutoring. Achieve Indy is a school registered with the Indiana Department of Education. We offer a diploma program that provides an added layer of access to education for our students who do not find it possible to graduate from their home schools. Our credit recovery and diploma programs are active via mobile and virtual resources. Achieve provides tutoring, mentoring, and follow-up services for our students. In addition, we assist our students in going beyond the basics of a high school diploma by bridging the gap to higher education, jobs, and military service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.3%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -248.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.3% of revenue deployed · 12.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.