First Priority Blue Ridge Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271675344
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Johnson City, TN, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,771
Expenses
$81,745
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Emerine (President)

People named in this filing

  • Scott Emerine (President)
  • Michael Braddock (Secretary)
  • Haley Wherry (Executive Dir.)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1. To promote Christian values on school campuses by providing junior and senior high students an opportunity to form groups and develop alternative ways of dealing with issues that they face 2. To form a network of multi-denominational youth pastors and churches, parents and business leaders working together to make an impact on student's lives and provide alternatives to influence such as drugs, alcohol, gangs and other negative peer groups 3. To provide extracurricular activities for students, parents, and their communities by supporting the development of similar organizations at schools in surrounding counties 4. To train, mentor, and resource students as leaders that impact their peers, their schools, and their communities 5. To be a resource and encourager of our local schools, providing volunteers, school assembly opportunities, service projects and more

What it reported doing in 2021

Campus Ministry: Student-led campus ministries are taking place on 14 elementary, middle, and high school campuses in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. These campuses include: Tennessee High, Tennessee Middle, Rogersville Middle, Surgoinsville Middle, Cherokee High, Parottsville Elementary, John Battle High, Cloudland Middle/High, Smoky Mountain Elementary, West Ridge High, Volunteer High, Sullivan East High, Edgemont Elementary and Cosby Elementary. Approximately 137 student leaders and 28 adult mentors have been trained and more than 200 students regulary participate in the campus clubs. During the first 2 weeks of club meetings, student leaders, faculty sponsors, and adult mentors are trained on campus during First Priority Club meetings. Training includes development, vision casting, planning, and prayer.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -28% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.