Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 462272700
IRS 990 coverage: 2016–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 7086206402
Rating: 70
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Standard
Sector: Youth Development - Business

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,578,432
Expenses: $3,489,361
Assets: $7,458,684
Liabilities: $109,957

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Jahmal Cole (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

Jahmal Cole (Chief Executive Officer): $238,674 total reported compensation
Brandon Kowalski (Chief Financial Officer): $171,067 total reported compensation
Stephen Gilbert (Director of Youth and Community Development): $116,493 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To inspire youth, empower communities and build a better world one block at a time.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth Development Explorers Program takes teenagers from schools in low social economic status neighborhoods on educational explorations. They receive a firsthand glimpse into different cultures and careers, people and businesses. Scholarships for youth attending secondary education, youth led walks where youth led community walks within their community.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 65
Transparency & Controls: 68
Accountability: 83
Sustainability: 31
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
Program expense ratio: 58.6%; rating input score 59
Fundraising efficiency: $4.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 75.6%; rating input score 76; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -35.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.14; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 21.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 58.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 16 filed related-organization links
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.