Opening Doors a Louisiana Non-profit Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383645358
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Phone
2257664594
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$371,936
Expenses
$333,523
Assets
$83,653
Liabilities
$1,181

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SANDRA KUYKENDALL (VICE CHAIRPERSO)
  • BOBBI MARINO (BOARD MEMBER)
  • BONNIE BYLAND (BOARD 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a way for individuals and families in the Gardere Community and South Baton Rouge to improve their quality of life through a partnership with Opening Doors and members of the Community to develop educational, vocational, financial, nutritional, and referral services that will meet identified basic needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Gardere and other projects provides service programs to meet identified needs and improve lives in the gardere community, including the holiday store incentive program for head start parents to be active in school participation and earn christmas gifts for their children. The head start summer program supplies books and other educational materials for head start children during the summer break.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 10.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $334K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.