Hannah Brown Community Development Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271285842
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7023825737
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,171
Expenses
$113,653
Assets
$28,960

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JERRIE MERRITT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JERRIE MERRITT (PRESIDENT)
  • WENDY WELCH (SECRETARY)
  • WENDY WELCH (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 mission of the hannah brown community development corporationis to advance and improve the education and economic opportunities to students by providing access to scholarships advocacy and leadership.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hbcdc plays a role in increasing college access and success for many motivated yet underserved youth and young adults. Hbcdc provided individual grants paid directly to the educational institution to every student who qualifies and reapplies yearly from admission to graduation. The grant can be used to cover tuition and related supplemental educational expenses such as books lab fees and select cost of living expenses. All hbcdc scholars are required to give back by conducting community service and by serving as mentors to younger aspiring hannah brown scholars.

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.