James R Jordan Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364369648
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3127519696
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,113
Expenses
$293,003
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Deloris Jordan (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Deloris Jordan (President & CEO)
  • Natalie Sheneman (Secretary)
  • debi A Ross (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide resources and support for strengthening families, motivating youth and ensuring high quality academic opportunities for children in underserved communities

What it reported doing in 2022

Organization creates programs to encourage low income children to excel in school such as scholarships for academic excellence, Vision for Families, a program to strengthen parent/family support, opportunity to attend summer activity programs geared towards education, and year-round activities for program participants as well as parenting programs.In fiscal year 2023 the organization terminated its activities, transferring its assets to other charitable organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9,312.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -96.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -117.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $240K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.