Institute for Community and Organizational Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582522885
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Athens, GA, USA
Phone
7062554390
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,249
Expenses
$53,164
Assets
$2,431

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT HARRISON (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • JERALDINE TONEY (TECHNOLOGY S)
  • BARBARA BACON (CHAIR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to empower people and communities through advocacy, education, and training. Icod has made a creditable impact in the athens area in training and development, disability support, mentoring, and community technology programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Vistas center for the blind and visually impaired. Services include braille instruction, computer training, orientation and mobility, independent living, and micro-enterprise training. Appoximately 170 persons benefited from services in 2024. Vista center also provides free or reduced cost eye exams, talking watches, and walking canes.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.