Human Service Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581488239
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Mocksville, NC, USA
Phone
3369983971
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospices

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,271,485
Expenses
$455,718
Assets
$6,395,401
Liabilities
$10,786

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susan Baggett (Board Member/President)
  • Janice Cavello (Board Member/V President)

People named in this filing

  • Susan Baggett (Board Member/President)
  • Gregory Burazer (Board Member)
  • Julia Burazer (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To encourage and inspire volunteerism through various projects; funds a public charity for volunteer/educational charitable works.

What it reported doing in 2024

Creative Contributions Fund, (previously named Foundation for Purposeful Living) is a public charity committed to volunteer grassroots efforts.Grants were made to support local agro community organizations, The Davie Respect Initiative recognizing 9 new Ambassadors of Respect (ages 12-21) who initiated and implemented projects that demonstrated being kind, doing good, and showing respect in Davie County.One time grants were made to Community Foundation of Western NC , Dragonfly House, Farmington Fire Dept, Jhamtse International, Serving Our Neighbors, and Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.Foreign grants were made to various Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, including Lamiel Phiri, Victor Mashongwa, and Courteney Mukoyi. Suzanne Rough of DKF-K Foundation (UK)

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 66% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.03; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $388K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.