Repurpose Savannah Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273072146
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Savannah, GA, USA
- Phone
- 9122720268
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $781,883
- Expenses
- $811,507
- Assets
- $87,692
- Liabilities
- $16,890
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIN WESSLING (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MAE BOWLEY (EXECUTIVE DI): $25,385 total reported compensation
- RIKKI POWERS (EXECUTIVE DI): $12,362 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to re-purpose historic building materials, keep them out of landfills and decrease the enviromental impact caused by demolition. We accomplish this by deconstructing historic buildings slated for demolition, re-using the reclaimed materials in innovative ways and creating opportunities for education, job training, and supporting local artisans, deconstruction is the systematic disassembly of a structure, in the opposite order it was constructed, to salvage historic material. Using deconstruction techniques, fewer toxins are released into the air, lessmaterial is dumped in landfills and our neighborhoods are healthier and safer. Re: purpose savannah has a positive impact on our local and global enviroment by reducing the harmful effects of demolition on the health of our neighborhood and by diverting large quantities of "waste" from the landfill. Transforming it into community resources. We also provide opportunities for women to gain skills and experience for careers in c
What it reported doing in 2024
In fy 2025 re: purpose savannah completed the following projects: deconstruction of 711 e. 36th street, savannah, ga deconstruction of 412 & 414 martin luther king jr blvd, savannah, ga deconstruction assistance & training - 900 main st, columbia, sc initiated deconstruction of 1101 & 1105 e. Anderson, savannah, ga the organization consulted with the city of san antonio. Materials were harvested and repurposed in conjunction with the mission of the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $41.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 32% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $738K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.