Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863043333
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Oxford, GA, USA
Phone
4707077428
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$466,026
Expenses
$603,739
Assets
$1,158,024
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH BOUNDS (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PAMELA WINN (CO-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICK RODRIQUEZ (CO-EXEC DIRE): $123,476 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS FABISIAK (CO-EXEC DIRE): $30,958 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission: the Georgia coalition for higher education in prison (gachep) builds high-quality educational pathways, from pre-college coursework to accredited degree completion, for people who are in prison and people who have left prison in Georgia. Our vision: we envision a world that provides educational opportunities and support to all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organizational development & governance -updated job descriptions to align staff capacity with program needs. -incorporated equity and lived experience into governance and policy documents. Grant readiness & fund development -submitted multiple grant proposals with budget narratives to secure funding. -designed reentry care coordination and fellowship program models consistent with funder requirements. Community engagement & partnerships -partnered with faith leaders and community organizations through events, commemorations, and biographical profiles. -supported recognition of milestones for justice? Impacted individuals and partners. Programmatic impact -expanding pathways from incarceration to higher education: provided guidance, referrals, and transitional academic planning for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; strengthened statewide college and community partnerships. Service provided to 268 individuals. -improving reentry education and employment outcomes: delivered pre? Release workshops, needs assessments, and individualized education plans; supported post? Release students through a reentry ambassador at central Georgia technical college. Service provided to 188 individuals. -engage: in march 2024, supported by a grant from ascendium, launched engage, a statewide initiative to strengthen higher education in prison across Georgia. The inaugural convening, a new legacy, was held in charleston, South Carolina with 22 leaders participating in person and virtually. Activities included strategic visioning sessions, a tour of the international african american museum, and collegiate visits to claflin university and South Carolina state university. The convening advanced gachep's mission by acknowledging the complex history of higher education in prison while establishing a collaborative foundation for future equity? Centered programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 81.2%; rating input score 81; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 66% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $396K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.