Hands on Atlanta Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581861026
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4049792865
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,642,744
- Expenses
- $3,938,114
- Assets
- $4,659,490
- Liabilities
- $689,932
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jay Cranman (President/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Jay Cranman (President/CEO): $213,810 total reported compensation
- Robert W Ballinger Jr (Director of Finance): $124,259 total reported compensation
- Chanika Perry (Director of Education Programs): $115,376 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We mobilize the Atlanta community to tackle our city's most pressing needs.
What it reported doing in 2024
In FY25, Hands On Atlanta had 150 nonprofit partners through its Hands On Partner Services Program, engaging in more than 71,000 volunteers. Participating nonprofits receive access to Golden, our volunteer management platform, which enables organizations to store volunteer contact information, manage volunteers, and track volunteer hours. Partners can also post volunteer opportunities on the Hands On Atlanta website, access workshops, and have their volunteer needs amplified through Hands On Atlanta's social media channels and e-newsletters. In addition, Hands on Atlanta offers a Civic Leadership Program and coordinates large-scale days of service, including Hands On Atlanta Week and MLK Day, during which thousands of volunteers serve alongside nonprofit partners and schools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 26 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.