Jobs for America's Graduates Tennessee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371762053
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6152891703
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,402,090
Expenses
$2,881,945
Assets
$1,052,840
Liabilities
$857,921

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN DWYER HAMMES (PRESIDENT/CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN M STEELE (CHAIRMAN)
  • MIKE HOGREFE (TREASURER)
  • REP MARY LITTLETON (MEMBER)

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

Jobs for Tennessee graduate's mission is to identify students who face barriers to graduation, guiding each one toward postsecondary education, a meaningful career, and productive adulthood. Jtg specialists teach the jobs for america's graduates (jag) model during a student's senior year, then add a 12-month follow up to ensure success after high school. Among the skills obtained for college/workforce: leadership ; job interview skills/resume writing; financial responsibility; dress etiquette; community servicejtg's purpose it to improve young lives forever.

What it reported doing in 2024

Jagtn specialists (teachers) are full-time employees of either jtagtn or their respective school districts. During the 24-25 school year jagtn achieved the following:1. Added 17 new teachers in 24-25 2. Adding 5 new teacher for 25-26 3. Outcomes for follow up for the class of 2024 : jagtn exceeded national standars across every outcome metric, indicating a highly effective model for preparing students for success beyond high school. The 99.8% graduation rate and 89.5% positive outcome rate are particularly noteworthy, demonstrating near-universal engagement in employment, education, or military service within a year of graduation.indicator jag standard jagtn 2025graduation rate 95% 99.8%connectivity rate 95% 99.9%employment rate 60% 68.6%full-time employment 60% 76.6%further education 35% 57.3%positive outcome rate 75% 89.5%4. Barrier removal: jagtn students begin the program, with significant personal, academic, and economic barriers. On average, half of those barriers were removed through targeted interventions, demonstrating the impact of in-school support from jagtn specialists.5. Academic growth: students demonstrated a 21% point gain in knowledge of employability and life skills based on pre/post testing, showing measurable growth as a result of jagtn instruction and support.metric scorepre-test average 60% post-test average 81% average gain 21% 6. Post-secondary awards: jagtn students are securing significant financial resources to pursue postsecondary education. The nearly $60 million in funding reflects both academic achievement and successful guidance through the college and financial aid process

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 43% for direct work, and 57% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $71.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 31 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.