Dress for Success Shreveport-bossier Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870718643
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Shreveport, LA, USA
Phone
3186743509
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,771
Expenses
$132,141
Assets
$38,991
Liabilities
$241

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER ELLIOTT (PRESIDENT)
  • VON JENNINGS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER ELLIOTT (PRESIDENT)
  • VON JENNINGS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EBONY MATTOX (SECRETARY)

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

Dress for success shreveport-bossier promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools to help women thrive in work and life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Confident suiting - provided interview training and employment clothing to disadvantaged women

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.1%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 2

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: -9.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.1% of revenue deployed · 1.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.