River Jordan Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823467744
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Bay City, MI, USA
Phone
9893914046
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$153,583
Expenses
$82,607
Assets
$388,096
Liabilities
$69,117

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAND STAMPS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA HOPP (SECRETARY)
  • ALAND STAMPS (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE ROTHE (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At river jordan inc. Our mission is to empower current and former foster youth to take responsibility for their own individual lives and become productive members of society.

What it reported doing in 2025

River jordan empowers foster youth through programs that support their transition to independence and success. Our peer support mentor program connects youth with mentors who shared lived experiences, offering guidance, encouragement, and emotional support. Through our life skills coaching program, young adults receive personalized instruction in essential areas such as financial literacy career readiness, and interpersonal relationships-helping them build confidence and resilience. Additionally, our transitional housing program provides a safe, stable living environment where youth can focus on education, employment, and personal development. Together, these services create a holistic support system that enables foster youth to overcome challenges and achieve lasting success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.8%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.7; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.