Single Parents Alliance & Resource Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582605168
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Norcross, GA, USA
Phone
6789647209
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Parent Agencies

Reported finances

Revenue
$881,132
Expenses
$732,711
Assets
$128,081
Liabilities
$9,575

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Todd Barker (President)

People named in this filing

  • Todd Barker (President)
  • Anita Canada (Secretary)
  • John Hutchins (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center (SPARC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Gwinnett County, Georgia. SPARC's mission is to empower and equip single parents with the necessary tools, resources and support to enable them to create a healthy home environment and nurture their children into productive and successful adults. It is SPARC's Vision that single parents will be empowered and equipped to take their place among society's most successful families!

What it reported doing in 2025

BRP Revenue $5000 Expense $0 Book Buddies Revenue $10,000 Expense $16,331 Dekalb Motel to Home Revenue $95,750 Expense $33,030 Economy Hotel Revenue $49,132 Expense $46,410 Holiday Adoption Revenue $1,800 Expense $0 SPARC Kid's Academy Revenue $750 Expense $5,248 SPARC in the Park Revenue $4,000 Expense $1,364 Other Expense 108,711

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 16.8%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $733K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.