Raising Men Lawn Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823815597
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Madison, AL, USA
Phone
2568089468
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$257,781
Expenses
$311,522
Assets
$269,501
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RODNEY SMITH JR (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RODNEY SMITH JR (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT): $69,069 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Encourages youth to engage in community service through the 50 yard challenge: mowing lawns for free for the elderly, veterans, and those in need. Participants earn colored t-shirts as they reach milestones, fostering a global movement for community service and personal growth.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, we recruited 420 more young people to volunteer in their communities by providing landscaping services to the elderly, disabled, single mothers, and veterans.achieved remarkable success, with over 800 children nationwide participating in our 50 yard challenge and more than 75 completing it this year.continued our mower of the month program to further engage participants in the challenge. This initiative, which honors one participant monthly, was a resounding success and will continue in the years ahead.we also released our debut childrens book, one lawn at a time, and were featured in multiple local and national events, helping spread the word about our mission and impact.in honor of a beloved community member we had mowed for since 2016, who passed away in 2022, we launched the mary gibbs scholarship fund. The fund will provide five $1,000 scholarships to deserving high school seniors who have completed our 50 yard challenge, with plans to expand.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $301K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.