ALIVE Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 540914017
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7038379300
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,502,298
- Expenses
- $4,149,375
- Assets
- $2,356,547
- Liabilities
- $699,251
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
63 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rolf Blank (Board President)
- Ellen Brown (Past Board President/Executive Board)
- Mary Eileen Dixon (Past Board President/Executive Board)
- Rick Glassco (Past Board President)
- Joan Moser (Past President/Congregational Representative)
- Ken Naser (Past Board President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jennifer Ayers (Executive Director): $142,499 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
ALIVE! helps Alexandrians become capable of assuming self-reliant roles in the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Food Program: ALIVE! is the largest food provider in Alexandria. In fiscal year 2025, ALIVE's food program managed the distribution of food to 3,000 to 5,000 households monthly via: (1) mass distribution events on the last Saturday of the month, and (2) weekly walk-up and drive through events. Food is also provided to 17 pantries and schools. During fiscal year 2025, ALIVE! distributed on average 120,000 pounds of food monthly. Food includes enough for a family of 4 for 5-7 days and usually includes eggs, fresh bread and meat, seasonal produce, and shelf stable pantry items usually consisting of vegetables, fruit, grain/starch and protein. ALIVE! also delivers food Monday through Friday each week to the elderly, disabled, and others unable to leave their homes to buy food through its family assistance program. ALIVE! also provides food to people at two free grocery stores, called Food Hubs, where people can choose groceries and be connected to other stabilizing resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 44% for direct work, and 56% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 62 of 62 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 63 people listed
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.