Connect Community Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852974889
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Lumberton, NC, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,807
Expenses
$128,701
Assets
$223,919
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kewanda Merritt (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kewanda Merritt (Executive Director)
  • Laila Watson (CONNECT Girls Coordinator)
  • Dr SaVon Maultsby (Chair 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

CONNECT Community Inc. was formed to support adolescents and their families by connecting them to programs resources and opportunities that promote positive life outcomes. The organization exists to empower youth ages 1024 and their support systems including caregivers educators and community members through purposeful learning experiences relationship-building and access to essential services. Its primary goal is to help adolescents successfully transition into adulthood by fostering personal development strengthening family connections and increasing access to educational social and emotional support networks. The organization collaborates with schools community partners and service providers to create nurturing environments that encourage resilience self-sufficiency and long-term success.

What it reported doing in 2025

Positive Parenting Program Triple P Launched evidence-based Triple P programming to help parents and caregivers build stronger relationships improve communication and manage behavior challenges. Services included free workshops outreach and caregiver support focused on positive family outcomes.

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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96

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: 26.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 59.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $124K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.