Macon Economic Opportunity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
720629286
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Oak Grove, LA, USA
Phone
3184284379
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,739
Expenses
$72,770
Assets
$2,319

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

People named in this filing

  • EUGENE CROSBY (MEMBER)
  • EDDIE RUSSELL (CHAIR)
  • JACK L MADDEN (MEMBER)

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

Community action agency administering various federal and state funded programs to provide assistance to the poor and disadvantaged.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services/home energy assistance program: accounts for the operations of administering programs designed to provide services and activities that will have a measurable impact on causes of poverty.

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 available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.4%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.4% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.