Alpha Rho Lambda Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311010069
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6142535593
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,480
Expenses
$53,017
Assets
$122,011
Liabilities
$1,412

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ELON SIMMS (CHAIR)
  • DWAYNE MAYNARD (VICE CHAIR)
  • CRAIG CONLEY (TREASURER)

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

Obtain resources needed to promote scholarship, encourage personal development, and community based educational programs for all people, with a specific focus on youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Similar to alpha esquires, junior esquire academy is a youth development group for young men from the franklin county area who are in grades 7-8. The objectives are lso to involve the young men in programs in leadership development training, career awareness, community involvement, educational planning, communication skills, social awareness, and scholastic excellence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 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 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.