Dj Demp Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920742286
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,900
Expenses
$88,038
Assets
$60,336

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Donnell Benson (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Donnell Benson (CEO)
  • Evelyn Rainey (Secretary)
  • Sonia M Benson (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

Our mission is to transform and empower the lives of at-risk youth ages 5-18 through education advocacy and mentorship. We empower children with positivity kindness and a belief that they can change the world. We advocate for them to have a safe space to grow and learn. We work with children to build self-esteem. We inspire and uplift children. It is all about recognizing and celebrating the uniqueness of every child. We work to eliminate barriers to success.

What it reported doing in 2025

BACKPACK GIVEAWAY Our backpack giveaway provides bookbags and school supplies to at risk youth and underrepresented students in Leon County to promote school readiness.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.1%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 11

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 38; 38th 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: -147.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 94.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.1% of revenue deployed · 11.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.