Black History in Action for Cambridgeport
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852043123
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6179490016
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $193,306
- Expenses
- $177,248
- Assets
- $47,609
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Margaret Burnham (Board Member)
- Penny Outlaw (Board Member)
- Paula Paris (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is: To revitalize and sustain St. Augustine African Orthodox Church as a neighborhood center for assembly, empowerment and outreach; to educate the community about the history of St. Augustine's African Orthodox Church and its cultural significance; to strengthen community within the Cambridgeport neighborhood in Cambridge, MA by providing programs focused on culture arts, education, history and/or restorative justice; to provide a forum and location in which other community organizations can provide similar programs or engage in community outreach; and to conduct any other programs or means by which the organization can pursue the aforementioned purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Restoration of the exterior of the St. Augustine's African Orthodox Church.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: $86.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $174K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.