Obo Addy Legacy Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930919492
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,524
Expenses
$107,502
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Grimes (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Hanis-Martin (Director)
  • Jim Gaudino (Director)
  • Mike Sweeney (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education, Cultural enrichment

What it reported doing in 2017

Obo Addy Legacy Project presented performances and educational outreach activities throughout the year. The organization served over 10,000 people mainly in Oregon and Washington. All of our programs were based on educating people about the rich cultures and musical traditions of Ghana and the connections to African-American culture.We worked through the Young Audiences and Right Brain Initiative programs to bring Ghanaian dance and drumming to school age children. We spent the year going once a week to schools throughout the region. In addition, we went to about 15 schools for assembly programs.We sent a drummer/teacher to Southwest Washington-SWCCC to conduct summer classes for children as young as four years old and as old as ten. Our artists brought African music to four other summer camps.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.