Northwest La Community Dev Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721436129
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Shreveport, LA, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,568,730
- Expenses
- $1,457,470
- Assets
- $1,831,608
- Liabilities
- $241,598
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- LARRY L BRANDON (CHAIRMAN)
- JASMINE BRANDON (MEMBER)
- CHERYL SEAMSTER (MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community outreach services
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provided: 1)tutoring programs as well as various educational training workshops and seminars for a number of youths and adults. 2)sponsored a back to school prayer and school supply give away in which over 3,500 backpacks filled with school supplies for kindergarten through 12th grade students was given away. 3)sponsored a summer technology camp program that served over 120 underserved youth, ages 5-17 throughout the shreveport/bossier city area. The technology camp focused on learning through technology and recreation. Activities such as coding, robotics, drones, literacy and video/music production is offered through the program. 4)girls who code club is offered to bridge the gender gap in computer science career fields. 5) code red seminars and workshops were offered to make the community aware of current events and explore ways to communicate effectively with law enforcement. 6)provided a transitional home for teen aged boys ages 13-17 who are homeless. The home provides housing, shelter, education and life skills. 7)provided a six core comprehensive life skills teaching and services program for incarcerated males to reduce recidivism. The men were empowered by various speakers in a group setting, participated in supervised recreational activities and were provided an educational component as they transitioned back into society. 8)road to homeownership program provides general instruction to increase an individuals knowledge and build new skills in the area of homeownership. 9)provided summer feeding program in which over 13,000 free meals were served. 10)project lori initiative(Louisiana offenders re-entry initiative)provided housing, shelter, education and life skills to previously incarcerated males upon being released to help these individuals transition back into society. 11)provided multiple drives and donation campaigns for the community during the covid-19 pandemic.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 7.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.