Atlanta Civic Circle Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831429642
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4047023002
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$196,000
Expenses
$94,642
Assets
$117,301

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MARIA SAPORTA (MEMBER AND E)
  • BILL BOLLING (BOARD CHAIR)
  • BRITTON EDWARDS (DIRECTOR)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The atlanta civic circle is nonprofit civic journalism that takes deep dives on newsworthy topics affecting atlanta and the region, provides tools and resources to help the community learn more about the issues and equips readers with information on how they can get involved. Acc will serve as a place where the community comes together - both online and in-person - to discuss the issues and foster civic engagement.

What it reported doing in 2020

Atlanta civic circle directly funds professional journalists and journalism projects and is committed to developing best practices and fair compensation for reporters. We currently have two journalists and three staff members working to advance our two first focus areas. In addition to reporting on the issues, journalists will explore solutions and resources for readers to effect change. Both articles and resources are free for the public and other media outlets to use for educational purposes. Online engagement around articles and resources has created action in our community to help relocated families in need of better affordable housing options, educated first-time voters, and brought leaders from the region together around these topics. This year, at atlanta civic circle we added a new focus area to provide additional resources and education around democracy. In light of the divided political landscape, atlanta civic circle identified a critical need to help our readers learn about voting, legislation, engagement and the democratic process of elections. We partnered with Georgia humanities to identify how news and media have an impact on the public's view of democracy, and how nonpartisan journalism can inform citizens with facts and actionable tasks to hold media and politicians accountable.

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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.3%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77

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: 51.7%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 101.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 146.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 152.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.3% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.