Jerrell Freemans Rise Above Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472571239
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Florence, KY, USA
- Phone
- 8597463431
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,878
- Expenses
- $107,019
- Assets
- $15,859
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JERRELL FREEMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JERRELL FREEMAN (PRESIDENT)
- JIMMY FREEMAN (VICE PRESIDE)
- GRAYLAN CRAIN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the foundation is to provide at-risk, low-income, and inter- city children with the educational opportunities and resources to reach their full potential and "risk above" their circumstances.
What it reported doing in 2015
The goal of jerrell freeman's rise above foundation is to impact the lives of more than 30,000 at-risk indianapolis students by the end of 2016.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 3.6%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 4
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 3.6% of revenue deployed · 4.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.