Friends of the Oakland Branch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 472632562
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Oakland, CA, USA
Phone: 5106124054
Rating: 67
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue: $43,900
Expenses: $59,145
Assets: $65,497

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

George Holland Sr (President)

People named in this filing

George Holland Sr (President)
Shannon Hill (Secretary)
Tahira Henderson (Trustee)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this organization is to improve the economic, educational, political, and social status of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.

What it reported doing in 2025

IMANI Schol represented scholarships to underrepresented students

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 52
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 29
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 58.1%; rating input score 58
Program expense ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -34.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -121.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -103.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 58.1% of revenue deployed · 43.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.