New Alpha Community Development Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473582552
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Florence, SC, USA
Phone
8436103345
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$548,334
Expenses
$529,328
Assets
$-650
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Leo Woodberry (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Leo Woodberry (Executive Director)
  • Donna Faye Dickey (Board Chair)
  • Rosa Lee Fore (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to build environmental economic justice and improve health in low income communities by organizing, educating, changing policies and building just and equitable programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

While we initially explored a workforce and business development initiative focused on EV installation, we shifted that effort toward financial empowerment. We partnered with Optus Bank to implement a series of financial literacy sessions scheduled for 2026. These sessions will serve multiple age groups: elementary students in March, middle school students in June, high school students in September, and college students and adults in November. We also participated in Climate Week NYC, where six representatives from South Carolina engaged in national and global climate discussions. During that time, we hosted and participated in several events, including gatherings at the Church Center for the United Nations, 475 Riverside Drive, a Buddhist temple in Manhattan, and a community event with churches in St. Albans, Queens. On the environmental health front, we provided PurpleAir quality monitors and air purifiers to 10 childcare facilities in Florence County, South Carolina. Along with the equipment, we delivered training on improving indoor air quality and supported these centers in becoming certified as eco-friendly childcare facilities. This included guidance on safer air fresheners and reducing exposure to harmful substances such as PFAS and microplastics. Each facility also received $1,000 to support supplies, equipment, or facility improvements. Additionally, we distributed emergency preparedness kits, or "go bags," to 30 families in Britton's Neck, South Carolina, strengthening community resilience in the face of climate-related emergencies.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 3.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: -0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $450K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.