Communities Creating Opportunity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431127845
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8162219900
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,848
Expenses
$141,177
Assets
$8,466
Liabilities
$6,021

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Danise Hartfield (Executive Director)
  • Cynthia Saddler (President)

People named in this filing

  • Danise Hartfield (Executive Director)
  • Cynthia Saddler (President)
  • Sondra Akers (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

Organizes communities for racial justice and social change.

What it reported doing in 2023

Communities Creating Opportunity's work focuses on building the capacity of directly impacted people to change racialized systems and structures. Our engagement here is primarily about disrupting and transforming the systemic barriers most responsible for perpetuating the disparities (e.g., racial equity, civic participation, healthcare access, and economic equity) that limit their ability to live full and healthy lives. Focused programs for 2023 included efforts to improve human health in low life expectancy zip codes in Kansas City, MO neighborhoods: (1) improve Covid -19 vaccination and influenza rates in our zip codes for Senior and adults with disabilities to include awareness and education about the vaccines, incentives, making appointments and providing transportation to clinics, pharmacies, etc. (2) Educate on the topic of healthy eating and continue to fight food insecurity. And, 3) Continue to provide monthly support to local food banks with volunteers and promotions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 50.9%; rating input score 51

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: -41.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 50.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.