Macon-bibb Mayor's Literacy Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884171589
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Macon, GA, USA
Phone
4782275556
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$285,725
Expenses
$154,779
Assets
$478,873
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MR JIM MONTGOMERY (EXCECUTIVE D): $75,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To develop a mayor's alliance on literacy that will serve as an umbrella for key organizations from public and private sectors of macon-bibb to establist a certified literate community program (clcp).

What it reported doing in 2024

The macon-bibb mayor's literacy alliance (mbmla) is a community-driven initiative established in partnership with the macon-bibb government, bibb county school district, and central Georgia technical college (adult education division). Mbmla focuses on improving literacy in macon-bibb county. Mbmla addresses literacy challenges, particularly among children and adults and promotes a culture of reading and lifelong learning. The key aims of mbmla include developing collaborative partnerships and supporting families to improve their quality of life and community growth through literacy. Mbmla established a partnership with the national center for families learnings, securing its first ever presence on a national platform. Through this partnership, mbmla was designated as a ncfl 60x30 family learning community. Mbmla released its two generation strategic plan to improve literacy through multiple pillars (family literacy, digital literacy, environmental literacy, re-entry literacy, and workforce development) aimed at supporting both children and adults.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.7%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $66.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.09; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.7% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $136K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 48/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.