People Pride Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752418802
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Odessa, TX, USA
Phone
4323348881
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,015,780
Expenses
$576,693
Assets
$1,013,544
Liabilities
$3,553

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN BUSHMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN BUSHMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • LUCY MORALES (SECRETARY)
  • CAROL BUSHMAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

People pride is a program created to educate, mentor and encourage children to seek and attain a college degree so that they may better themselves and their families as well as the community. People pride encourages moral and spiritual growth by following christian principals and emphasizing the basics of education, reading, writing and arithmetic. Granted 25 college scholarships, provided mentoring and tutoring for 49 secondary school students. Operated and maintained 5 passenger vans for student transportation. Approximately 3000 classroom instruction hours. Served over 2500 meals/snacks during the year.

What it reported doing in 2025

The people pride prgram continued to flourish in 2025 with four outstanding teachers and approximately 100 students in all grade levels. Elementary classes meet year round, at least four days a week. We provide tutoring appropriate t grade level and in accordance with ecisd cirriculum. Help withhomeowrk, test prparaton and physical activity was also a part ot the program. We provided transportaton fro the students school to our classrooms, along with after schol snacks and a bible lesson. Our teachers are certified and have over 75 years combiined classromm experience. The stdents are expected t maintain at least a b average in al subjects to remain eligible for the program. During the summer, our elementary classes extend their day and focus on preparatn for the next school semesterss, educational field trips, college campus visits and physical activity. In addition to elementary classes, we moniored grades and providedtotoring as requested fr 40 secondary students in junior and senior hight schools. We has 18 hight school studentsentering their senior year in the fall of 2025. We expect all to graduaed with high class rankings and to continue their education in college. Teachers require all students to provide report cards each semester t maintain theri eligibiliy for the schlarsship. There were 7 college graduates in 2025 from 6 Texas colleges and universities. Bachelors degrees were obtained n business, criminal justice, fine arts and and design, advertising, animal science and speech therapy. Scholarships include tuition, registration fees and book. We anticipate 3 college graduates in spring 2026.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.7%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.2%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.7% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $574K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.