Acts Community Development Aka Acts Community Development Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
100003552
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5105671300
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$339,764
Expenses
$193,479
Assets
$3,859,443
Liabilities
$109,943

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT L JACKSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT L JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA BROOKS-GRAY (DIRECTOR)
  • LINDA MOLO (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Development of the community by helping those who have viable business plans but no capital to establish businesses in the community, and to provide affordable housing in the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Acts community development corporation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 and started by the senior pastor of acts full gospel church, bishop bob jackson. Acts community development's mission is to fulfill the need to improve neighborhoods and to provide affordable housing to the residents of oakland.the organization provides both residential and commercial properties for lease, and manages the properties.through a public-private partnership between related California, acts community development, the city of oakland and the oakland housing authority, acts cyrene apartments was completed in 2017. In 2018 acdc leased all 59 units and hired staff which includes an office manager, a maintenance manager and resident services coordinator, to service the residents of acts cyrene apartments. The resident services coordinator provides services that include employment services, mental and physical health, life skills training and cultural and personal enrichment. The second development is called cherry hill apartments, also a public-private partnership between the city of oakland, oakland housing authority, acts community development corporation, related California, the California strategic growth council and the California department of conservation. Cherry hill apartments is a 55-unit, affordable, mixed-use development located at the corner of international boulevard and 94th avenue in oakland. It was completed in 2023. The apartment complex has a community-serving health clinic on the ground floor operated by la clnica de la raza, inc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 79% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.95; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.