Happily Natural Day
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850874794
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8048526961
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Urban, Community Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $680,435
- Expenses
- $671,577
- Assets
- $62,556
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DURON L CHAVIS (PRESIDENT)
- NIKIYA ELLIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- NIKIYA ELLIS (VICE PRESIDENT): $17,522 total reported compensation
- JAHLIL KARIM (SECRETARY): $4,350 total reported compensation
- DURON L CHAVIS (PRESIDENT): $1,350 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Happily natural day promotes holistic health, cultural and social change. We develop urban gardens and farms to increase access to healthy food.
What it reported doing in 2024
Central Virginia urban farmer fellowship: the central Virginia urban farmer fellowship is a 12-week training program that teaches regenerative agriculture, urban greening and community building within the city. The program is designed to provide citizens with the skills necessary to increase the number of sustainable urban green spaces supported by the community. The increase of green space in urban areas is documented to increase residents' pride of place, stimulate economic vitality and provide healthy, engaging spaces where communities come together and for shared social experiences.the fellowship program takes place at central and accessible locations throughout the neighborhoods of richmond va. Partner organizations provide space for in-classroom training; subsequent hands-on service-learning experiences either a) take place at the same location or b) within proximity to the training location.classes are small (12 - 16) to allow for an optimal experiential learning environment. In-classroom sessions are 3 hours long and equal parts presentation, discussion, and group activity to build community among trainees. Subsequent hands-on service-learning components take place on saturdays in 3-hour increments. Total hours for the training: 72 learning hours.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $260.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $594K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.