Organic Connects
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832021538
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $178,108
- Expenses
- $162,025
- Assets
- $69,923
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Whitnye Long Jones (Executive DIrector)
People named in this filing
- Whitnye Long Jones (Executive DIrector)
- Jefferson Jones (Operations Director)
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
The organizations primary purpose is providing academic enhancement physical well-being workforce development and recreational opportunities through outdoor exploration socialpreneurial activities and interactive experiences.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the tax year the organization delivered integrated educational programming across three primary service areas: youth development environmental stewardship and workforce development. Under Youth Development 50 youth each participated in a minimum of 36 instructional and experiential hours focused on character development leadership teamwork and resilience through hands-on activities including equestrian care first aid training wilderness survival skills permaculture practices and ecologically beneficial construction methods. In Environmental Stewardship programming 42 youth completed at least 24 hours each of applied environmental education including water quality testing habitat restoration principles sustainable land use practices and regenerative agriculture techniques designed to promote conservation literacy and long-term environmental responsibility. In Workforce Development 20 youth received practical job-readiness training including eight youth completing 20 hours each and twelve youth completing 18 hours each of structured workforce preparation. Workforce activities included technical skills in equestrian facility maintenance environmental monitoring and water testing protocols basic construction methods using sustainable materials permaculture system installation and emergency response fundamentals. Across all programs participants gained measurable competencies in leadership environmental science safety training and skilled trades exposure advancing both personal development and career pathway exploration.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 75.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.