South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320272138
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Greenville, SC, USA
- Phone
- 0000000000
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Civil Liberties
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,558
- Expenses
- $160,101
- Assets
- $189,012
- Liabilities
- $706
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- Christina Isenhower (Board Chair)
- Jess Moeller (Vice Chair)
- Brian Hansen (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty SCADP is to abolish the death penalty and catalyze criminal justice reform through public advocacy grassroots organizing and community education
What it reported doing in 2025
Palmetto Journey of Hope - During our 2025 events SCADP reached 888 people We had 34 total events speaking events rallies vigils press conferences etc from mid-September to mid-November These took place in 13 different locations Clinton 1 Greenville 6 Rock Hill 2 Columbia 12 Greenwood 1 Aiken 2 Pendleton 1 Florence 1 Spartanburg 1 North Charleston 1 Clemson 4 Conway 1 and Charleston 1 We had 11 speakers on our tour 2 victim family members 1 death row family membervictim family member 4 death row survivors 1 author 1 judge We also utilized 2 Board members Brian and Christina and 1 staff member Hillary
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 92% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.