National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260813637
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4048354280
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,504,595
Expenses
$13,254,012
Assets
$86,587,550
Liabilities
$35,514,885

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JILL SAVITT (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • TIMOTHY WEST (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LGBTQ INSTITUTE)

Highest reported compensation

  • JILL SAVITT (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $275,246 total reported compensation
  • KAMA PIERCE (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $156,457 total reported compensation
  • DONALD BYRD (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $156,368 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The national center for civil and human rights (ncchr) provides educational experiences, including speakers, exhibitions, materials and trainings which explore the history and lessons of the civil rights movement as well as contemporary human rights issues for people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Truth and transformation: the truth and transformation initiative is dedicated to teaching a more complete and inclusive account of the past, one that helps communities understand how we reached the present-with its conflicts, opportunities and urgent needs. The focus of the initiative is to create opportunities for atlanta to engage with its past in ways that prove transformative. Truth and transformation will address people and events in atlanta that have not been recognized or memorialized, with a focus on two glaring omissions: the 1906 atlanta race massacre and forced labor at the chattahoochee brick company and bellwood quarry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.53; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 26 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $275K · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $906K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 39 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.