Bong Education Center Alumni Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201002519
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,597
Expenses
$15,806
Assets
$213,880

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elisa Perkins Cuellar (Vice President)
  • Abraham Richardson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Kolu Scott Cooper (Member at Large)
  • Gus DoeWilliams (Member at Large)
  • Ballah Howard (Ex-Officio)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

During the bloody civil war in Liberia that negatively affected all sectors of the country with education being of no exception BECAA was founded by former students of Bong Education Center Bong Mines Liberia residing in the United States to combine our financial resources to help support the current students of what is now Bong Mines Central Elementary School located in Bong Mines Liberia as well as all students in the Bong Mines Community. BECAA provides financial contributions and school supplies books computers notebooks stationeries and through its Resource Learning Center provide a conducive learning environment that affords war victimized students the opportunities to study peacefully and participate in educational programs and research. The Resource Center offers an environment for workshops meetings library services weekly tutorial assistance basic computer learning programs and counseling for those in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

BECAA Resource Center offers an environment for workshops meetings library services weekly tutorial assistance basic computer learning programs and counseling for those in need. The center serves students from elementary through High School four days a week. An average of 45 students attend each week for tutoring in Math English Science Social Studies and History. The computer literacy training provides basic computer skills access to internet and use of internet for research and a library to assist students with research.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.53; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.