Fern Creek High School Alumni Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311607235
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5026093368
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$569,797
Expenses
$354,257
Assets
$1,376,720
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELISSA TABOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MELISSA TABOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $18,000 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT ROBINSON (TREASURER): $18,000 total reported compensation
  • AUSTIN BYERS (ASST TREASURER): $2,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alumni association for graduates

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides scholarships and assistance to fern creek high school graduates as well as assistance to current high school projects. The organization provides for sporting facility up-grades, advertising for sporting events, and playing equipment for sporting teams at fern creek high school and scholarships for students and teachers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 67% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.89; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $329K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.