African American Collections Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822840171
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Branford, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2035069035
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- History Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,403
- Expenses
- $47,233
- Assets
- $64,769
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFFREY A FLETCHER (CEO)
People named in this filing
- JEFFREY A FLETCHER (CEO)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
African american collections inc is a non-profit corporation which operates exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of irc sec 501(c)(3). The organization's purpose is to preserve, educate and teach tolerance as well as to tell the story from slavery to the civil rights movement.
What it reported doing in 2024
The collections imagery is utilized in teaching cultural awareness to law enforcement communities, schools, and the general public as a tool in understanding sterotypes, prejudices and discrimination.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.