Leadership Gwinnett Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261522249
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Duluth, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6787651745
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Girls Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $409,136
- Expenses
- $527,083
- Assets
- $496,685
- Liabilities
- $16,400
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- WARREN MCCLELLAN (VP - FINANCE)
- PAUL SANSONE (CHAIR)
- GINGER POWELL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The leadership gwinnett foundation (the "foundation") was formed to support leadership gwinnett, a multi-faceted program whose purpose is to educate, equip and engage existing and emerging leaders. The foundation is responsible for administering programs that provide citizens the opportunity to expand their knowledge about gwinnett county and the region to build deep connections in order to serve and strengthen the community. Programs, designed for new participants as well as alumni, encourage civic engagement and facilitate learning through a diversity of people, thoughts and experiences. All are designed to lead gwinnett to a better future. Objectives of the program include the following: to identify and inspire existing and emerging community leaders. To acquaint leaders with major community issues. To examine the complexity of finding good solutions for ongoing concerns. To give participants the opportunity to meet and interact with community leaders. To investigate ethics and valu
What it reported doing in 2024
Glance gwinnett is a 2.5 day program providing an exclusive look at gwinnett county. During the 2024-2025 year, 83 individuals participated in glance gwinnett. Designed to inspire participants through hands-on learning, glance gwinnett reveals new opportunities, ideas and perspectives from a diverse group of local leaders. How individuals benefit exposure to local leaders, issues and opportunities for community leadership new friendships, ideas, and perspectives from a diverse group of civic- minded people how organizations benefit unique way to enhance operational training valuable networking that can result in new opportunities and visibility for your organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -28.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $515K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.