Raven's Pursuit Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815262192
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Greensboro, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3363244345
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,818
- Expenses
- $7,267
- Assets
- $18,152
- Liabilities
- $15,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAMMY WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MELANIE PHILLIPS (TREASURER)
- PAM KONTOGIORGOS (CHAIRMAN)
- TAMMY WILLIAMS (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Raven's pursuit is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that organizes, provides and supports educational outreach programs for youth in the piedmont triad region of North Carolina.
What it reported doing in 2022
Raven's pursuit believes educating and inspiring youth through functional fitness teaches the value of community, builds confident individuals, and equips them with transferrable skills. To date, raven's pursuit has organized, developed and provided a physical education program for hope academy, a greensboro, nc private, not-for-profit elementary and middle school working with disadvantaged youth. Raven's pursuit guided the development and writing of a functional fitness curriculum that aligns both with the North Carolina department of public instruction physical education standards for middle school students as well as the movements that are fundamental to crossfit kids programming. Grades 3 and 4. _90_ total students 3rd - 11 4th - 11 5th - 5 6th - 19 7th - 18 8th - 18 for school year 21-22: for school year 22-23: __90 students __6 measured movements __ core (squats, situps, pushups, burpees) + max jump ropes in 1min, pacer test (max 50m back and forth in 1min) fall improvement in all areas, statistical significance (not calculated. Additionally, raven's pursuit funded the coaching for this physical education program with over 95% of monies raised in year one-two by going directly to coaching fees. During the 2022-2023 school year, raven's pursuit is educating __90_ youth at hope academy through this partnership. Raven's pursuit was able to plan, monitor, and navigate all aspects of its working relationship to endure highly effective learning opportunities for students. Raven's pursuit is able to maintain an agile relationship that moves as needed to accomdate the unique needs of a school in an effort to break the cycle of poverty of students in this most at-risk environment. As part of our commitment to building a successful model for programming, data has been gathered and communicated back to the school. Nine measured categories were identified and tracked over the school year and students showed improvements in all nine. 20 rep max push up, 20 rep max squat, plank, 360 ft dash, max dangle, max squats in 1 minute, max push ups in 1 minute, max sit ups in 1 minute, max burpees in 1 minute. In seven of the categories, students growth was statistically significant. The students' success in physical education activities furthers their opportunities for success in other areas of their education and in their daily lives in the community.
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 100% 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
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -50.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2022
- 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
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- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.