BLESS Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820757141
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Cartersville, GA, USA
Phone
6788598005
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,176
Expenses
$136,573
Assets
$20,176
Liabilities
$2,737

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Peterson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Peterson (Executive Director)
  • Patrick Nelson (Chairman of the Board)
  • Carrie Trotter (Secretary)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

BLESS Coalition is a secular humanitarian non-profit focused on investing in our community to address the social and economic issues that exist in an effort to provide a hand up to those struggling to improve their situation.

What it reported doing in 2023

Supplies for Success-Provide bookbags, medical Screenings, clothes and food to more than 2500 Kids

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 59.2%; rating input score 59

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: 5.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -91.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 59.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.