M-powering Choices Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462848790
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Oxford, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6786603091
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,540
- Expenses
- $22,269
- Assets
- $10,658
- Liabilities
- $3,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- BOBBY MACKEY (Chairman)
- STANLEY DEJARNETT (Secretary)
- STEVE SPEYER (Treasurer)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
M-powering choices, inc. Is a non-profit organization created to design and present programs to young men and women that will empower them to make responsible choices in their lives. M-powering choices targets all young men and women, with a special emphasis on "at risk" individuals, from the third through the twelfth grade. The programs emphasize making responsible choices, such as dressing responsibly, which in turn leads to positive performance in the classroom and ultimately a successful life.
What it reported doing in 2017
The power of the knot (ties for young men) and the power of the purse (purses for young women) programs were implemented in several school systems beginning in 2013. The program has continued to grow and is widely recognized. The program emphasizes making rsponsbile decisions and choices and brings a sense of character and empowerment to "at-risk" youth. In 2016, the program "hyped for education" was added with great success.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.