Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Committee of Brazoria County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010673203
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Freeport, TX, USA
Phone
9794176187
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Coalitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$283,715
Expenses
$177,731
Assets
$486,822
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dorothy Thomas (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dorothy Thomas (President)
  • Terry Gordon (Co-chairperson)
  • Winston Rossow (General Coordinator)

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

MLKCC Seeks to honor Dr. Kings admonition of service to the community by sponsoring both the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dennis R. Edwards Memorial Scholarship to deserving high school graduates participating in various worthy community uplift projects and encouraging its members to take roles in numerous civic charitable and cultural endeavors.

What it reported doing in 2024

MLKCC hosted a series of impactful events to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr leading up to the Dr. King holiday. These community focused activities included a musical concert community worship service a commemorative banquet a vibrant parade and festival and engaging poster and essay contest for the youth. These events were designed to celebrate Dr. Kings vision of service unity and equality while inspiring the community and empowering young individuals to reflect on his enduring impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 14.3%; rating input score 14; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.74; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 11 filed program accomplishments · $177K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 44 of 45 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.