Brightmoor Connection

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474157103
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3132208544
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Reported finances

Revenue
$798,713
Expenses
$710,647
Assets
$430,127
Liabilities
$12,732

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Roslyn Bouier (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Roslyn Bouier (CEO): $54,138 total reported compensation
  • Delores Green-Wyatt (Board Treasurer): $13,805 total reported compensation
  • Ella Hardy (Board Member): $5,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations primary purpose is to provide basic needs support for Brightmoor residents such as Food Access Clothing Community Outreach and Stabilization support Wellness-Education programs and Transitional Housing and Advocacy Programs

What it reported doing in 2025

Transitional Housing and Advocacy Programs - designed to support low-to-moderate income woman including those classified as ALICE who are experiencing housing instability. The program includes a structured residency component typically ranging for 30 to 90 days during which participants receive individualized support through case management counseling and workforce readiness. The program is intended to address barriers to stable housing including limited access to digital resources and reliable shelter with the goal of supporting participants in securing and maintaining permanent housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 65% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $70.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $606K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 44 of 46 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.