Maame Mobilizing African American Mothers Through Empowerment Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833433970
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
9197093120
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$817,584
Expenses
$680,322
Assets
$187,870
Liabilities
$1,061

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAYA JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • AUBREY DELANEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAYA JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $118,683 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Maame is a community-based maternal health organization closing the gap between the care North Carolina families receive and the care they deserve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Maame, inc.'s it takes a village wraparound maternal health and doula service model provides comprehensive, community-based maternal health services to birthing people and families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. The program includes: prenatal education and birth planning; labor, birth, and postpartum support; care coordination and referrals to supportive services; unc acure4moms; the emergency birth fund; and the compass student postpartum doula program. Services are delivered through trained maternal health professionals and community-based doulas to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce disparities in perinatal care. In 2024, the program served 8 clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.2%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 53.1%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: $135.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th 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: 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 16.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 64.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 176.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.2% of revenue deployed · 53.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $361K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.