Bill Maness Good Samaritan Scholars

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455553795
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4048890653
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,631
Expenses
$77,629
Assets
$174,326
Liabilities
$112,500

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALICE ANDERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN DICHESERE (CHAIRMAN)
  • JOSH DUARTE (DIRECTOR)
  • BRETT FLATER (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

The mission of the bill maness good samaritan scholarship fund is to celebrate and encourage selfless service in the tradition of the good samaritan and in the spirit of bill maness by providing funding, guidance through mentoring, and assistance to develop life skills to atlanta high school seniors who have committed to attending a higher educational institution.

What it reported doing in 2025

The bill maness good samaritan scholarship fund has raised funds to provide 4-year scholarships for students identified each year who are pursuing their higher education, and has matched mentors to work with the students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93

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: -11.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.