Real Situations Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851573893
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6145512171
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $255,499
- Expenses
- $255,499
- Assets
- $255,499
- Liabilities
- $255,499
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Laura Gordon (Founder/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Antonio Gordon (Executive Marketing Director): $19,000 total reported compensation
- Laura Gordon (Founder/CEO): $12,000 total reported compensation
- Charles Jefferson (Sports/program administrator): $6,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Real Situations Inc is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating homelessness, poverty, and teen violence prevention while promoting mental health and awareness and advocating for individuals with special needs. Our mission is to create a safe, supportive and empowering environment where youth, families and communities can thrive. Programs- Thursday Night Thrillers teen violence prevention summer basketball program. Community Support & Outreach- distribution of essentials such as food, school supplies, diapers, clothing, and shoes. Scholarship Program-($500-2500 awards) Special needs & Autism Advocacy Entrepreneur & Skill Building
What it reported doing in 2024
2024 Thursday Night Thriller Teen Violence prevention program-6 weeks Summer Sports league The mission of TNT is to prevent teen violence by creating a structed environment for teens to engage sports, leadership development and mentorship opportunities. We aim to empower youth by offering resources, guidance and activities that help them build self-confidence, make better life choices and strengthen their connection to their community. Impact More than 14,000 Attendees Support to Families in need 34 families received furniture 15 bunk beds 2 Furniture Sets 15 chest of Drawers and 2 Furniture bank Vouchers Essential Support Provided through our Essential Alliance program Program 1000 Free pair of shoes 2500 school supply items 1500 essential household items 2500 diapers and 100+ packs of wipes 1000+ personal care items Free Car giveaway to graduated high school student headed to college in the fall Follow your dream scholarship of $500 to 2 high school students Free basketball and football uniforms provided to all players. Free Tshirts provided to all participants and volunteer Raffle giveaways included 3 TVs, 5 laptops, 7 tablets, 4 pair of beats by dre
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $255K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 3 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.