Discovering Power and Purpose Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844872639
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Anna, TX, USA
Phone
4694287203
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,662
Expenses
$33,617
Assets
$436,147
Liabilities
$122,194

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alida MacKenzie (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Bradley King (Director)
  • Andre MacKenzie (Director)
  • Dr Neecie Moore (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Discovering Power and Purpose Inc focuses on equipping, empowering and helping individuals emerge stronger and focused on their purpose. Restoring hearts, transforming minds and launching lives of power and purpose. Providing workshops in a safe and comfortable environment to help teenagers, young adults and adults with coping skills, stress management and resiliency skills. Helping individuals to identify their purpose and plan for purposeful living. Equipping individuals to coach others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Creation of Therapeutic Garden Program at new facility. The Therapeutic Garden Program is an essential part of our broader mission to provide therapeutic horticultural experiences for individuals with mental health challenges.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.5%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 7
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.97; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -62.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -168% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.5% of revenue deployed · 6.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 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
  • 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 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.