Knowledge Speaks
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452491688
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- North Miami, FL, USA
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,000
- Expenses
- $100,300
- Assets
- $160,700
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jena Ferguson (President)
People named in this filing
- Jena Ferguson (President)
- Brandie Davis (admin)
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
Our organization provides vital educational services tailored to meet the unique needs of underprivileged youth. Through tutoring mentorship programs and access to educational resources we aim to empower these young individuals to succeed academically and reach their full potential. Our services play a crucial role in bridging the educational gap and creating opportunities for a brighter future for these vulnerable youth.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the reporting period our organization successfully facilitated full scholarship enrollments for 17 disadvantaged youths enabling them to pursue higher education opportunities that may have otherwise been out of reach. This program not only supports individual academic ambitions but also contributes to breaking the cycle of poverty by providing access to impactful educational opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.2%; rating input score 9
- Program expense ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 16
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -57.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.2% of revenue deployed · 16.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.