Generosity Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833601475
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Huntsville, AL, USA
Phone
2567144182
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$953,513
Expenses
$667,370
Assets
$2,323,208
Liabilities
$15,251

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH MACKENZIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH MACKENZIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $102,091 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The generosity foundation is a faith based public charity that serves at-risk communitites to inspire hope through profound generosity rooted in the unconditional love of jesus christ

What it reported doing in 2025

The serve collaborative center is an innovative space where nonprofits come together to collaborate, strategize, and growall at no cost. By providing a shared workspace equipped with essential resources, we foster a spirit of cooperation and drive organizations to action and collective impact. This center eliminates barriers, encourages the exchange of ideas, and amplifies the effectiveness of each organization, ultimately benefiting the communities we all serve. Through each of these initiatives, we strive to inspire hope through profound generosity and relationships built on unconditional love. We invite you to join us in this missionto feel the urgency of the needs we address, to be moved by the stories of those we help, and to see the profound difference we can make together. Your support and engagement are not just contributions; they are lifelines that empower us to continue this vital work.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: 50%; rating input score 50; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.48; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $536K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.