Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260614081
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6154994963
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,487,234
Expenses
$3,149,238
Assets
$3,462,386
Liabilities
$913,749

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CASEY CARR (CHIEF OPERAT): $111,461 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN HICKS (CHIEF EXEC O): $69,016 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Harvest hands is a catalyst of christ-centered, wholistic community development working alongside our neighbors to further healthy living, education, spiritual formation and economic development in south nashville.

What it reported doing in 2024

Children and youth - harvest hands offers an after-school program during the school year and a full-day program in the summer for elementary, middle and high school students in south nashville. Harvest hands is a place where students can connect with positive role models and receive the additional support necessary for academic achievement and healthy spiritual development. We provide a healthy snack, opportunity for homework assistance and tutoring, opportunities to engage in the arts and recreational activities as well as experiential learning opportunities throughout the city. Harvest hands values families, children and youth, and we believe that neighborhood revitalization begins with investing in the lives of kids. Kids age 12-21 have additional leadership development opportunities through two microenterprise ventures, humphreys st coffee and soap, that double as mentoring programs. The vision is to develop young men and women into responsible leaders who achieve academic success, give back in service to others and the community, and mature in their relationship with god. We seek to develop long-term relationships with these youth that will serve to offset negative pressures faced on the streets and in school. Hscc&s offer the opportunity for youth to learn skills in entrepreneurship through student-run operations in coffee roasting and soap making, with a focus on socially responsible business practices.

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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.