Durham County Ncae Local

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561540024
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
9195915753
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$413,928
Expenses
$275,263
Assets
$254,640
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIKA TWIETMEYER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTY PATTERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SYMONE KIDDOO (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MIKA TWIETMEYER (PRESIDENT): $100,703 total reported compensation
  • SYMONE KIDDOO (PAST PRESIDENT): $72,863 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our vision is to build a dae that is relevant to members' lives, builds power for students, educators, and parents, works for racial and economic justice, and is a meaningful part of the durham community. Our mission is to unite, empower, and organize educators; to support and nurtue our students; and to build and lead collaborative partnerships in the fight to win the schools we all deserve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Membership: our members engage in a variety of activities throughout the year. At our membership meetings, campaign-team meetings, and building-level meetings we provide various information for members. This information includes campaign updates, voting on proposals, and developing our budget. We also share information with non-members including information about our campaigns and initiatives. The entire dae board meets every other month, alternating with the executive board. Board meetings are open to all members. We communicate with our members in person and using mass communication strategies (constant contact, texting, mail). Rank and file members and member-leaders participated in professional development and attended state and national level meetings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3,131.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 33.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 63.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $259K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.