Precinct4Forward

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923274123
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Tomball, TX, USA
Phone
8328654664
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,789,166
Expenses
$991,854
Assets
$9,495,432
Liabilities
$244,938

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kara Cook-Schultz (Executive Director)
  • Alice Lee (President)
  • Anne Sung (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kara Cook-Schultz (Executive Director): $61,305 total reported compensation
  • Myriam Ahouansou (Assistant Treasurer): $27,408 total reported compensation
  • Anne Sung (Vice President): $11,091 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Precinct4Forward aims to improve the lives of Harris County families by increasing access to health care and education, supporting economic development, improving public safety and justice, and building resilient infrastructure.

What it reported doing in 2024

Precinct4Forward supports the residents of Precinct 4 through the following initiatives: - Community Centers & Parks - funding for landscaping improvements and trail renovations- Health Equity Program - purchase and installation of a lactation pod at the Juvenile Justice Center- Mental Health Program - provides for free mental health services at the Bayland Teen Clinic- Back2School Program - provides free backpacks and school supplies for childrenContinued on Schedule O- Emergency Disaster Response - provides support and repairs for damage caused by weather disasters- Cool 4TheSummer Program - distributes AC units to low-income families- Community Events - provide support for community programs, cultural celebrations and festivals- Summer/STEAM Program - provides a free full-day summer camp to children ages 5-13- Emerging Leaders Program - offers career shadowing with accomplished professionals to high school students and tutoring sessions to youth- Community Opportunity Program - provides support for access to free translation services, transportation services, and an accelerated learning program for small business entrepreneurs

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.9%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $78.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.6%; rating input score 99; 35th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89.9%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.57; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 199.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 199.7% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.9% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $810K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.