Rreps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833745461
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
9842929952
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,269,635
Expenses
$698,661
Assets
$813,206
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Theresa Pittman (Secretary)
  • Mercedes McNeill (Treasurer)
  • Brandon Smith (Board Chair)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rreps (recidivism reduction educational programs services, inc.) aim is to address systemic injustices and unconscious biases within the judicial system with direct and indirect methods. Rreps provide high level criminal justice policy reform and advocacy with a strong emphasis on the carceral state. While also providing educational resources that will aid in the elimination of the recidivism cycle. Rreps desire to provide high-impact incarceration provention programsand reentry services to assist individuals with transitioning into socient successfully.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mobile recidivism reduction resource center- the mobile recidivism reducttion center is dedicated to providing critical reentry support directly to justice-involved and justice-impacted individuals and communities, meeting them literally where they are. Designed to serve underserved communities across North Carolina. The services focus on addressing the root causes of criminogenic thinking and behavior, while also providing support for reentry challenges. Rreps offer a range of services tailored to reduce recidivism and promote lont-term success such as social benefits assistance, employment assistance, education and skill development, mental health services assistance, substance misuse treatment assisstance housing assistance, legal support, family and community support, digital literacy & digital equity asssitance, congnititve behavioral therapy (cbt)programming assistance, life skills training inclement weather assistance, hygiene kits distribution, harm reduction supplies distribution and more.

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 86% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.6%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 74.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 79.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 78.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.6% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $655K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 52/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.