Powder Keg Outreach Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993200645
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- High View, WV, USA
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $97,105
- Expenses
- $41,202
- Assets
- $58,732
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Virginia LaMaster (President)
People named in this filing
- Virginia LaMaster (President)
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 provide vocational agricultural training and educational opportunities that equip individuals with sustainable farming and agribusiness skills to combat food insecurity and poverty
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 the organization successfully transitioned from a demonstration site to a fully operational vocational training campus. PKO completed $48,419 in critical site infrastructure including a classroom facility bridge and driveway to support year-round agricultural education. The program provided hands-on training in horticulture animal husbandry and agribusiness to students. A formal internship initiative was launched providing $16,631 in stipends to advanced students. Participants managed a Community Supported Agriculture CSA program and local farm markets gaining real-world vocational experience while providing nutritious naturally grown food to approximately 80 community members. All proceeds are reinvested into student training and the expansion of the Farming Gods Way model.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.4%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 57.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 81.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 134.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 181.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 35.4% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.