Frontier State Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994805313
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
8137288878
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,000
Expenses
$56,737
Assets
$40,667

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JAMES GRANT (CHAIRMAN)
  • MICHAEL HUSSEY (DIRECTOR)
  • MORGAN REED (DIRECTOR)

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

Primary exempt purpose to foster collaboration, provide education, and develop innovative solutions that help public sector entities enhance their digital infrastructure and cybersecurity.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025, frontier state hosted 1 convening, serving approximately 25 public sector participants. Through its programs, attendees engaged in structured conversations on digital transformation, automation and service delivery, with an emphasis on practical, knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - 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: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.1%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 36.1%; rating input score 36

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: 16.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 39; 39th 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: -77.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.1% of revenue deployed · 36.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.