Bound Together

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383462457
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pontiac, MI, USA
Phone
2488755768
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,643
Expenses
$110,932
Assets
$78,065
Liabilities
$567

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michele J Wogaman (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Gail Hunger (Chairman)
  • Stephen Wogaman (Treasurer)
  • Michele J Wogaman (Executive 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

After-school tutoring, nutrition, and transportation for at-risk youth attending Pontiac Public Schools; other education enrichment services as appropriate

What it reported doing in 2025

After-school tutoring, nutrition, and transportation

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 64.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K 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: 4 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.