Alabama Association for Gifted Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
631147187
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2059102512
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,693
Expenses
$131,967
Assets
$161,747
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RITA SPARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 10/15/25))
  • SANDY MCELVEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG 10/15/25))
  • KELLER MONET DAVIS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • RITA SPARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 10/15/25))
  • SANDY MCELVEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG 10/15/25))
  • ALFREDA PRUITT (ALSDE REP)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Alabama association for gifted children is to provide leadership, and support to assist educators, parents, and community partners in meeting the educational affective needs of gifted children and youth in Alabama.the Alabama association for gifted children (hereafter referred to as the association) is committed to sensitizing Alabama to the nature and importance of appropriate education for gifted students by: a. Promoting an awareness of the needs of Alabama's gifted students.b. Serving as a public advocate concerning the needs of gifted young people.c. Facilitating the exchange of information concerning gifted students.d. Stimulating a deeper understanding and interest in the needs of the gifted among educational administrators, teachers, parents, legislators, the business community, and others of the general public.e. Providing a forum for the exchange of information and ideas among the members of the association.

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing educator grants to support and encourage Alabama educators of gifted students in the development of innovative ideas and quality programs to enrich the education of gifted students. The grant rewards educators with the money to acquire materials designed appropriately for gifted children. The grant also creates awareness and the importance of exemplary Alabama gifted programs. Grant recipients are expected to write and submit a final report on the outcomes of their grant project at the end of the school year with the grant evaluation form. Grant recipients are also expected to either present during the following year's aagc conference or to submit an article for the aagc newsletter.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $132K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.