Crime Victims Advocacy Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581901764
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
7703339254
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,868
Expenses
$109,694
Assets
$55,953
Liabilities
$7,760

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN W CHERRY JR (PRESIDENT)
  • BROOKS HUNNICUT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JACQUELINE MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MELVIN L HEWITT JR (BOARD MEMBER)
  • BRUCE COOK (TREASURER)
  • JOHN W CHERRY JR (PRESIDENT)

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 organization is a community advocate agency offering support to crime victims by way of group support, education on the criminal justice system and victim rights, anti-bully task force, assisting with filing victim compensation forms and impact statements, and transportation to court

What it reported doing in 2025

Assisted crime victims, conducted 101 support groups and had 452attendees, hosted annual memorial service in april for 180 victims families, and had a helpline for 1,294 phone calls and other electronic commnications.

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 - 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87

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: 0.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.