Alpha 360 Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 752423318
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Arlington, TX, USA
Phone: 2144559537
Rating: 58
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue: $96,120
Expenses: $107,924
Assets: $79,321
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Dr Relius Johnson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

John R Williams JR (Dir of Finance)
Dr Relius Johnson (Executive Director)
Otis Hunter III (Director of Operations)

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

College preparatory program

What it reported doing in 2025

Since its founding in 1991, the Alpha 360 Foundation, FKA the Nu Pi Lambda Scholarship Foundationhas awarded a minimum of 3 scholarships annually to college bound students.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 22
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 39
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 23.4%; rating input score 23
Program expense ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 21

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: -12.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 23.4% of revenue deployed · 20.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2025
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.