Muskogee Bridges Out of Poverty Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842575716
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Muskogee, OK, USA
Phone
9188405331
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
American Red Cross

Reported finances

Revenue
$455,572
Expenses
$463,281
Assets
$86,899
Liabilities
$15,548

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TREASURE MCKENZIE (DIRECTOR): $90,121 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 empower families to radically change their lives by identifying and overcoming barriers that are keeping them in poverty and to educate the business community about the complexities of poverty.

What it reported doing in 2024

Muskogee bridges out of poverty empowers low-income families to radically change their lives by discovering and overcoming barriers to success by using the getting ahead in a just getting-by world curriculum in a 20-week class. We also educate the middle class and business community about the complexities of poverty by holding 3-hour workshops several times a year. We also offer continued support for graduates to make sure they have every chance to succeed by offering additional staying ahead classes such as money matters 101, parent university, navigating nutrition, and english as a second language. We offer additional services for graduates such as a free attorney for civil matters, free dentistry, free eye exams and glasses and a vehicle program. 140 muskogee citizens were directly served as they participate in the 20-week getting ahead course and then staying ahead classes. Additionally, 400 muskogee residents were directly served as they receive training in the bridges out of poverty constructs. Clients indirectly served will be the families of the getting ahead investigators, estimated at 350 per year.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $427K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.