City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272553769
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Miami, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3053292513
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $292,864
- Expenses
- $307,568
- Assets
- $49,054
- Liabilities
- $1,365
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LT JAMES MARSHALL JR (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TERRANCE CRIBBS-LORRANT (EXECUTIVE DI): $83,077 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the black police precinct and courthouse museum is to acquire, reserve, display, and promote collections of a historical nature that will be of educational value to the preservation of black history as it relates to the struggles and accomplishments of black police officers in overtown, as they served during the pre-civil rights era of the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. The museum displays police memorabilia, artifacts, documents, video, and word-of-mouth stories by the men and women who worked there.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mission of the black police precinct and courthouse museum is to acquire, preserve, display, and promote collections of a historical nature that will be of educational value to the preservation of black history as it relates to the struggles and accomplishments of black police officers in overtown, as they served during the pre-civil rights era of the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. The museum displays police memorabilia, artifacts, documents, video, and word-of-mouth stories by the men and women who worked there. In addition to those stories, documents, visual artifacts associated with the practices of law enforcement and the justice system throughout the united states and across the world. The museum serves as a community center for our neighbors, as well as a tutorial center for enriching awareness around "knowing the law", and a learning space for children and families in the city of miami's most underprivileged neighborhoods. The museum partners with community organizations in the area and develops outreach workshops and crime prevention programs, all of which enhance the quality of life for children and families, making our community a safer place to live. Exhibiting more than 100 new artifacts, documents and photographs and collectively bridging visual art; the museum has experienced more global awareness; attracting close to 10,000 visitors this year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 64.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.