Highlands Educational Literacy Prog

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311641743
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Abingdon, VA, USA
Phone
2769445144
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,775
Expenses
$127,513
Assets
$14,828
Liabilities
$10,312

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LINDA SPROLES (SECRETARY)
  • SCOTT SIKES (CHAIR)
  • SHIRLEY CARLSON (DIRECTOR)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

H.e.l.p.'s mission is to provide programs that support the educational needs of lower literacy adults and children residing in Washington, smyth and russell counties in southwest Virginia; promote and support on-time high school graduation; and educate the public about literacy issues and its role in the overall health and stability of communities.

What it reported doing in 2016

Provide literacy tutoring to adults. Provide literacy tutoring to elementary school students to increase reading levels.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $105K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.