Athens Classic Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852838367
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Athens, GA, USA
Phone
7065467002
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Coalitions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,985
Expenses
$15,583
Assets
$159,858
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN MIDDLEBROOKS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES UPCHURCH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN MIDDLEBROOKS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES UPCHURCH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GORDON RHODEN (SECRETARY-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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Athens classic, inc. Is a private, non-partisan, non-profit community organization compromised of residents, local businesses, and community leaders concerned about the direction and leadership of our community and local government entities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Athens classic, inc and its members will create a series of locally funded town halls, programs, and community gatherings, focused on building consensus and maintaining high performance standards in three critical areas of local government and public service including public safety, public education, and public health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 82.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.26; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.