Project Community Connections Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582373779
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4049418946
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,365,472
Expenses
$9,855,848
Assets
$8,257,448
Liabilities
$2,601,442

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIMIYU EVANS (CO-CEO)
  • MARGARET R SCHUELKE (CO-CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JIMIYU EVANS (CO-CEO): $151,916 total reported compensation
  • MARGARET R SCHUELKE (CO-CEO): $116,651 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Project community connections, inc. Offers housing solutions that disrupt cycles of homelessness and secure quality, affordable homes for our community to live and thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Project community connections, inc. (pcci) offers housing solutions that disrupt cycles of homelessness and secure quality, affordable homes for our community to live and thrive. Pcci brings its mission to life through a focus on: 1. Connection: we connect people to affordable housing options and sustain connection with them through supportive services. We connect with organizations working to address homelessness to collaborate, innovate, and advocate. 2. Cost: we provide affordable housing solutions through financial supports and advocate for more affordable housing in our community. 3. Care: our case management approach supports and empowers people experiencing homelessness to achieve self-sufficiency. 4. Community: we listen to community leaders, neighbors, and service organizations to ensure our work aligns with community needs. We help the people we serve join and contribute to their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 63% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $329.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 13 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.