My Brother's Keeper Task Force Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852090538
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Newton, MA, USA
Phone
6174498697
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$251,697
Expenses
$465,743
Assets
$102,033
Liabilities
$80

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tony Clark (Co-President & Director)
  • Tyrone Bellitti (Co-President,Treasurer & D)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tyrone Bellitti (Co-President,Treasurer & D): $60,250 total reported compensation
  • Tony Clark (Co-President & Director): $21,025 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 build a safe and supportive community that creates positive change by empowering each individual to dream and succeed without limits.

What it reported doing in 2024

Collaborated with Lemelson MIT to develop and present the L.I.F.T. partnership program, focusing on innovation and leadership development. Program members engaged in groundbreaking research on public education, utilizing both academic research and personal experiences to indentify systemic issues within public education and develop creative invention-based solutions. The 7-week program emphasized invention and innovation, financial education, life skills development and mental health coaching.Collaborated with Harvard's Legacy of Slavery initiative to host a transformative community conversation, to help educate the Cambridge community about the findings of the Harvard slavery research report and to discuss the univerity's pledge to repair the harm, including panel conversations, viewing of short film, and community conversations with the over 150 people in attendance.Delivered a comprehensive 10 week program with the Community Art Center, serving middle school boys through a flexible drop-in format, of specialized workshops focused on building self-agency skills, communication development, self-reflection practices, conflict resolution strategies, community engagement techniques, and trust-building exercises. Successfully established collaborative partnership with the Transition House to integrate specialized workshops into the the Summer Empowerment Program, bringing professional expertise in healthy relationship education to program participants. Facilitated the Annual Radical King community conversation in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, focusing on meaningful community engagement and social justice themes, and support of marginalized communities through direct, hands-on assistance. Expansion of the Liberation Libraries program, including branding community-based little libraries, curating and distributing new book selections, and organizing author talks to strengthen community literary engagement.Engaged in various educational iniatives with citywide public schools, Mayor, Education Advisor, and school committee leaders, to explore strategies that support comprehensive student and parenting engagement. Consulted on and contributed expertise in crafting policy language on the development of a Commission of Black Male Advancement for Cambridge. Organized and hosted a citywide Community Conversation with the Cambridge School Committee, to discuss with transparency, district challenges while highlighting the commitment to implementing individualized success plans for all students. Partnered with Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School to co-facilitate their inaugural school-wide financial education event, with an emphasis on personal financial education & healthy decision-making skills.

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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59
  • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -85%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $276K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.