Diving with a Purpose and Development Group Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900883785
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6152434133
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Marine Science and Oceanography

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,932
Expenses
$132,216
Assets
$102,187
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kamau Sadaki (President)

People named in this filing

  • Michelle Lampkin (Treasurer)
  • Jay Haigler (Boardmember)
  • Kenneth Stewart (Board member)

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

Diving with a Purpose (DWP) We are dedicated to the conservation and protection of submerged heritage resources by providing education, training, certification and field experience to adults and youth in the fields of maritime archaeology and ocean conservation. Our special focus is the protection, documentation and interpretation of African slave trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and culture of African Americans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Diving with a Purpose (DWP) is a leading international organization that provides education and training programs, mission leadership, and project support services for submerged heritage preservation and conservation projects worldwide with a focus on the African Diaspora. DWP CARES is committed to providing a foundation for participants to be able to identify key coral reef species, communicating to the public the effect of climate change on our coastal and reef ecosystems, facilitating and communicating findings (data) from reef monitoring surveys and developing participants as leaders in conservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.2%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.9%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.2% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.