Melbourne-palm Bay Delta Life Developmen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593320351
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Melbourne, FL, USA
Phone
3217282100
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,710
Expenses
$16,001
Assets
$37,156

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES SHACKLEFORD (Vice President)
  • ANDREA SCOTT (President)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES SHACKLEFORD (Vice President)
  • ANDREA SCOTT (President)
  • DESIREE BABBS (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The following are the purposes for which this organization has been organizeda. To promote the advancement of health and drug education in the communityb. To promote educational and cultural programsc. To promote and improve community quality of life through assistance programsd. To promote and conduct fund-raising through sponsoring educational, charitable, social and other activities to provide monies for scholarships, seminars, and drug prevention, intervention and treatment assistance programs.e. Partnering with community kwanzaa organization in using our building promoting their historical and cultural programs

What it reported doing in 2025

Melbourne-palm bay delta sigma theta sorority inc programs

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.5%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.5% of revenue deployed · 13.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.