Sandhills Pride

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462410040
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Pinehurst, NC, USA
Phone
3127355512
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,712
Expenses
$74,422
Assets
$106,079
Liabilities
$1,000

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lauren Mathers (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Vrdolyak (Chair of Board)
  • Bri Hirsch (Vice Chair)
  • Catherine Vrdolyak (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sandhills Pride is a support network and educational advocacy group dedicated to increasing awareness and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ community in the Sandhills region of North Carolina.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sandhills Pride is dedicated to assisting LBGTQIA+ andallied students in furthering their educations to becomesuccessful, productive adults. Through 2021, Sandhills Pride has awarded $55,000 in scholarships to 22 talented high school students in our region. The scholarships are made possible by individual donations and fundraising events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.4%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.4% of revenue deployed · 20.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.