Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630505899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2020
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020
- Location
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2053277500
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,764,139
- Expenses
- $24,213,576
- Assets
- $11,300,936
- Liabilities
- $3,128,608
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY RICHARDSON (PRESIDENT)
- BRUCE GRANT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHARON MYLES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SHARON MYLES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $138,761 total reported compensation
- RICHARD WELLS (CFO): $21,496 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Jefferson county committee for economic opportunity was organized and incorporated under the Alabama non-profit corporation act of the state of Alabama in order to formulate a "community action program" under the terms of the economic opportunity act of 1964. Jcceo seeks to reduce poverty and help low-income citizens of jefferson county, Alabama to meet critical needs and become self-sufficient.
What it reported doing in 2020
The low income home energy assistance program (liheap) helps keep families safe and healthy through initiatives that assist families with energy costs. Liheap provides assistance in managing costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises and energy-related minor home repairs. Liheap reduces the risk of health and safety problems that arise from unsafe heating and cooling practices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $24.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.