District Alpha of the Clemson Alumni Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823348437
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Clemson, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8646562345
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $174,574
- Expenses
- $183,896
- Assets
- $75,561
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF DUCKWORTH (PRESIDENT)
- SAM ERWIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LEROY W BRASINGTON III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JEFF DUCKWORTH (PRESIDENT)
- SAM ERWIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LESLIE CALLISON (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve, support, and benefit clemson university, the clemson alumni association, and its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Serve clemson university alumni through career services, accomplishment recognition, and the perpetuation of sentiment and affection for the university through events and activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.
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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $174K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 9 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.