Mens Empowering Resource Center Merc Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320256516
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Graham, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3366848073
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Libraries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,645
- Expenses
- $53,743
- Assets
- $1,593
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Men's Empowering Resource Center (MERC), Inc. was organized exclusively for charitable, literary & educational purposes. MERC, Inc. is a not-for-profit agency established to ensure that young and adult males benefit from, and have access to, high quality education and development services.
What it reported doing in 2011
Through its Volunteer Work Program MERC, Inc. served 30 displaced men of which 17 were non custodial parents who MERC was able to provide responsible fatherhood education sessions and group support to as well as assist them paying a total of $9,348 to child support, 4 were on probation who MERC was able to help pay a total of $620 in probation fees, and 9 were unemployed men who MERC was able to help obtain a total of $6,105 to assist them with their daily living.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.