Bighouse Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264232678
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Opelika, AL, USA
Phone
2052425146
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Foster Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$438,447
Expenses
$401,900
Assets
$1,334,419
Liabilities
$598,730

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Micah Melnick (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Micah Melnick (Executive Director): $44,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Meeting the needs and improving the lives of children in foster care by supporint foster and adoptive families with resources and encouraging relationships.

What it reported doing in 2024

Foster and adoptive family events. Glitz Glam and Gowns - prom dress event for teen girls in foster care. Swimsuit and Towel Drive - a collection and embroidery of beach towels and swimsuits for children who have entered foster care this year. Back to School Bash - a school supply drive for children in foster adoptive families. Family Beach Retreat for foster and adoptive families. Santas Workshop - a Christmas toy drive for foster and adoptive families.

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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $48.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 70.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $283K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.