Coroners Campus

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863336382
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Columbia, SC, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,028
Expenses
$7,500
Assets
$60,327

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nakita Barnes (President)

People named in this filing

  • Nakita Barnes (President)
  • William Jackson (Member)
  • Angela ONeal (Treasurer)

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

The charitable purpose of Coroners Campus is to operate exclusively for educational charitable and scientific purposes. The organization seeks to inspire and prepare students for careers in forensic science medicine law enforcement emergency response and public safety by providing hands on educational experiences leadership development opportunities and exposure to real world investigative and scientific practices. In furtherance of its charitable mission the Coroners Campus provides scholarships educational resources mentoring and support services to underserved or disadvantaged youth.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Coroner Cadet camp is an educational and leadership development initiative designed to introduce high school and college students to the fields of forensic science medicolegal death investigation public health emergency response and related STEM careers. Since its inception the Coroner Cadet Program has experienced continued year-over-year enrollment growth demonstrating strong community interest in educational programming that combines STEM education public safety awareness and workforce development opportunities. The Coroners Campus has awarded more than $13,000 in scholarships to students pursuing educational and career opportunities in forensic science healthcare public safety and related fields.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.2%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 82.6%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.04; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.2% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.