Sacred Space Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884396635
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Greenville, MS, USA
Phone
6623787206
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$322,291
Expenses
$255,333
Assets
$429,986
Liabilities
$354,807

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS BUSH (President)
  • ELIJAH SMITH (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • CHRIS BUSH (President)
  • ELIJAH SMITH (Vice President)
  • WESLEY BROWN (Secretary)

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

Our specific activities include providing services to help combat the homeless population in Greenville, Washington County, MS; provide transitional shelter for the needed, as well as, mental and emotional health and wellness activities; serve as a local food distribution site, which will in turn provide opportunities for volunteers to participate in the services being provided; provide workforce training to the community; mentoring activities for youth in Greenville and surrounding communities with a strong emphasis on youth living in and around Washington County, MS while using a holistic development approach as the vehicle for improving the lives of not only these youth but the lives of all participants; afterschool extra-curricular activities in learning the fundamentals of character development and how they can be used in their everyday lives while at the same time helping them to develop an appreciation for a life of integrity and self-sufficiency with mentors be trained and assi

What it reported doing in 2025

Our specific activities include providing services to help combat the homeless population in Greenville, Washington County, MS; provide transitional shelter for the needed as well as mental and emotional health and wellness activities; serve as a local food distribution site which will in turn provide opportunities for volunteers to participate in the services being provided; provide workforce training to the community; mentoring activities for youth in Greenville and surrounding communities with a strong emphasis on youth living in and around Washington County, MS while using a holistic development approach as the vehicle for improving the lives of not only these youth but the lives of all participants; afterschool extra-curricular activities in learning the fundamentals of character development and how they can be used in their everyday lives while at the same time helping them to develop an appreciation for a life of integrity and self-sufficiency with mentors be trained and assigned to work with these youth from the homeless population; help to prepare these youth for college via competitions where scholarships are offered; sponsor intellectual tournaments/competitions to develop these youth; maintain close contact with the youth of the program in all phases of their lives, i.e. family time, spiritual development, educational development, emotional and mental development, by providing sessions during our meeting times for them to work with professionals in these fields and mentors that encourage them to stay on the right path; employ an holistic approach to the development of each of these youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 61.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $194K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.