East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510231448
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025544951
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fraternal Societies

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,140
Expenses
$82,139
Assets
$282,682
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEROME HODGE (PRESIDENT)
  • TOMMY HERNDON (VICE PRESIDENT 1ST)
  • MARLOWE BARNES (VICE PRESIDENT 2ND)
  • GABRIEL CHRISTIAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEROME HODGE (PRESIDENT)
  • TOMMY HERNDON (VICE PRESIDENT 1ST)
  • MARLOWE BARNES (VICE PRESIDENT 2ND)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To perpetuate the activities and achievements of those americans who shared in the aspirations, successes and frustrations of the pioneering men and women in the tuskegee experience u.s. Army air corps, and to actively motivate minority youth to outstanding achievement and leadership in our democratic society.

What it reported doing in 2023

Youth in aviation program

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 75%; rating input score 75; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -408.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.44; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 17 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G event net income did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.