Jarrad D Blade Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872864903
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Decatur, GA, USA
Phone
6787992449
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$-328
Expenses
$735
Assets
$1,161
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alice P Blade (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Crystal D Blade (CFO)
  • Alice P Blade (CEO)
  • Dominique Antoine (Secretary)

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

The Jarrad D. Blade Foundation mission is to honor the life and continue the legacy of Jarrad Denard Blade by motivating, impacting, and empowering communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Jarrad D Blade Foundation continues its mission to support education, wellness, leadership, and community engagement through scholarships, workshops, and community-focused events. Funds were raised primarily through Jarrads Annual Birthday Campaign and Jarrads Annual Field Day, which served approximately 300 individuals. In addition, the Foundation hosted a variety of programs, including Community Garden Environment Project Days, Horseback Riding Sessions, Wellness Workshops, Farmers Flea Markets, Camping Experiences, Mural Art Beautification Projects, Family Screen on the Green Movie Nights, and a Halloween Festival with a Toy Giveaway. These workshops and events collectively reached more than 800 individuals and families. All activities were promoted through email campaigns, community partnerships, social media, street promotions, and word-of-mouth outreach, ensuring broad community participation and impact. The Jarrad D. Blade Foundation also supported public safety initiatives by promoting and participating in the annual MADD 5K Walk, helping raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving and reinforcing our commitment to community well-being. The Foundation's community impact would not be possible without the support of various community stakeholders. In 2024, Jarrad D. Blade Foundation received Direct Public Support in the form of In Kind Services totaling $32,330.64. These services included advertising, consulting, facility use, and groundskeeping.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -324.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -106.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -61.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.