Amandla Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833821353
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
6039578765
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,377,996
Expenses
$1,054,016
Assets
$2,384,970
Liabilities
$404,467

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LIAM CONNOLLY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LIAM CONNOLLY (PRESIDENT): $111,714 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Amandla's mission is to create safe spaces that combine the power of sport and education to empower youth and change lives through its safe-hub model. Safe-hub closes the out-of-school-time activities gap in under-served communities through its scalable youth development model. Safe-hub supports families, children, and schools by providing world-class infrastructure, high-quality programming, and resources to bring equitable opportunity to communities in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Playmaker program: the playmaker program is designed to provide young people with meaningful work, professional development, and future readiness exposure while building them as leaders and role models within the community. In 2024, safe-hub worked with 9 high school beneficiaries from january through december with on- and off-field post-secondary preparation activities. The 2024 year concluded programming that amounted to 2,346 total hours of coaching, playing, workshop participation, and volunteering. Each playmaker was paid an average of $3,512 for their engagement over the program cycle.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.4%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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: Limited
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 55.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 48.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 66.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.4% of revenue deployed · 70.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $747K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.