Karen Community Farm at Oaky Grove

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921492595
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Wendell, NC, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,422
Expenses
$175,561
Assets
$64,820
Liabilities
$1,774

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Talmadge Brown (Director)
  • Teia Evans (Director)
  • Heather Szaro (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Karen Community Farm at Oaky Grove offers Karen refugees access to land resources guidance opportunities and education to help them successfully cultivate their Asian crops in Piedmont North Carolina. The farm also provides support for the Wake County Karen Community and is situated on a legacy farm that dates back to 1818.

What it reported doing in 2024

The NCAAT grant supports the teaching of the Karen language and English to members of the Karen Community. This program aims to preserve the Karen culture and heritage while also equipping community members with English language skills to enhance their educational and employment opportunities. Through this grant language classes cultural workshops and educational resources are provided to empower the Karen Community and foster intercultural understanding.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.