Square Mile Community Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813091547
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Amarillo, TX, USA
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,463
Expenses
$136,790
Assets
$42,176
Liabilities
$15,327

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Braden Clark (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Braden Clark (Executive Director)
  • Donna Dorman Madison (Program Director)
  • Jennifer Nickle (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We believe in creating opportunity by building a network of community organizations nonprofits entrepreneurs small business owners and community members to revitalize under-resourced neighborhoods using an empowerment-based model of community engagement to bring renewal and restoration. Our model focuses on five key areas that define a thriving neighborhood: economic development housing health education and spiritual care. We are bringing businesses churches nonprofits and individuals together to make sure all our families and all our neighborhoods have access to each of these key areas.

What it reported doing in 2022

Square Mile is dedicated to finding sustainable and long-term solutions to combat hunger and food insecurity in our region and to develop replicable models that can be utilized anywhere in the world. We are working with small local and urban food producers and food-related businesses in order to create a stronger local food ecosystem and economy. In addition to working on regional and local food issues we also distribute locally grown produce through our two urban farm projects as well as meat to under-resourced schools churches organizations and families. One of our local partners generously supplies us with F-1 Wagyu beef which we are able to provide to the community. Since 2019 we have distributed over 800,000 pounds of meat produce and dairy to our local community. We know that distributions do not solve the underlying issues but it helps our neighbors while we work toward more comprehensive solutions.We serve between 75-300 individuals per month.

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 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. 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.5%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -37.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.5% of revenue deployed · 26.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.