Axel Adams Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464771513
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- New Ellenton, SC, USA
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,637
- Expenses
- $69,397
- Assets
- $32,996
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Axel Adams (President)
- Cheryl Jones (Vice President)
- Karen Robinson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Axel Adams (President)
- Cheryl Jones (Vice President)
- Karen Robinson (Vice President)
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
The Axel Adams Foundation is dedicated to making long-term transformational improvements in education health and wellness and socioeconomic issues for youth and adults in the Central Savannah River Area to invoke positive and sustainable change.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Axel Adams Foundation provided 8 educational scholarships to deserving students awarded approximately $4,000 in scholarships during the fiscal year conducted fundraising activities engaged volunteers and continued charitable programs benefiting the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 4.5%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 23.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 58.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 57.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 4.5% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.