From Prison Cells to Phd Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822056611
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
3149220198
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,250,094
Expenses
$1,305,350
Assets
$986,015
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STANLEY ANDRISSE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JERRY MOORE III (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STANLEY ANDRISSE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,611 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Prison to professionals p2p seeks to reach touch and change the lives of people with criminal convictions through advocacy mentoring and policy change. P2p helps inspire people with criminal convictions to excel beyond what society and life circumstances have set to be the norm. We invest in potential.

What it reported doing in 2024

P2p compass: this program aims to provide internet access to 14 prisons in two states (7 in Maryland, 7 in Missouri) to promote health equity among people who are transitioning out of the carceral system (beginning programming 1 year prior to participants' release and 1 year following their release) by providing the tools, programming, resources, and social capital needed to promote health equity and excel in higher education. The intervention was developed to increase health care access, education, and preventative health behaviors. Tools include increased access to healthcare through provided telehealth services both when individuals are within the carceral system (and have 1 year or less until their scheduled release) and providing access to telehealth when individuals are released, programming, and resources will lead in the long-term to increased employment opportunities, income, preventative health behaviors, and health outcomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 82.8%; rating input score 83; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 56.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $947K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $64K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.