Balance the Scales Georgia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993663898
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
6786541821
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Expenses
$90,000
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES BEAL (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES BEAL (CEO)
  • WILL BARNETTE (SECRETARY)
  • HAYDEN KOLODZIEJCYK (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Balance the scales, Georgia, operates to promote the social welfare, specifically by supporting the adoption of policies that lead to a balanced and efficient legal system and by educating Georgia's citizens on the importance of a balanced and efficient legal system and how that affects their quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the organization successfully worked with like minded organizations concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Georgia to improve the state's economic outlook. Among these achievements, balance the scales funded a program to promote economic development and completed its mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 159.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.