Opportunity Uplifted

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990925559
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Brunswick, GA, USA
Phone
9122426484
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,969
Expenses
$14,278
Assets
$2,191
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sheree Richardson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Sheree Richardson (Executive Director)
  • Laquinta Morgan (Secretary)
  • Kasim Ortiz (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To empower underserved communities through education, entrepreneurship, and wellness programs. Youth leadership, youth literacy, education, entrepreneurship, and community wellness programming. The organization supported community-based learning, cultural awareness, youth engagement, and empowerment activities for underserved families and emerging entrepreneurs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program title: Ujamaa BWK Entrepreneurship and Business Empowerment Events Description: Opportunity Uplifted hosted four Ujamaa BWK events to support local entrepreneurs, minority business owners, and community members interested in business development. Three events provided networking, business education, empowerment resources, and community collaboration opportunities. One larger event expanded access to entrepreneurship support, vendor/business exposure, and economic empowerment resources. Number of persons benefited: Approximately 300 participants Program service expenses: $16,500

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 156.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 127.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.