Grooming Greatness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811802483
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9014852864
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,058
Expenses
$37,019
Assets
$129,032
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Maurice Johnson (President)
  • Roby Williams (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Maurice Johnson (President)
  • Roby Williams (Vice President)
  • Adrienne Evans (Treasurer)

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 organization's purpose is to develop participates' life skills, conduct college tours, ACT Prep, community outreach, volunteer in the community, attending events, exposure to different professional that serves as mentors, and attend educational enrichment programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The program has been effective in developing life skills, college readiness, public speaking, community outreach, volunteering opportunities, ACT Prep, and educational enrichment programs. Additionally, this was the first year our organization could resume activities for the mentees to be exposured to in-person events.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.49; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.