Stars Behind Bars

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320419491
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
3107723610
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,989
Expenses
$85,405
Assets
$4,945
Liabilities
$3,390

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jerry Campbell Jr (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jerry Campbell Jr (Executive Director)
  • Robert Barker Jr (Board Member)
  • Courtney Campbell (Treasurer, Board Member)

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

Reducing recidivism by helping inmates with leadership ability to re-establish themselves in legitimate society after their release, helping them to find and achieve a new vision for their lives.

What it reported doing in 2022

Partnered with prison administrators to facilitate recreational activities such as a basketball tournament, field day, Veteran's Day event, Thanksgiving event and weekly onsite Yokefellows meetings at Franklin, as well as a Veteran's Day event at NCCI. Prison administrators noted the events resulted in reduced infractions and incidents at Franklin which has an offender capacity of 452 men.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 77% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.6%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 18

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: -8.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.6% of revenue deployed · 18.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.