Strengthen Orlando Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271964941
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4072464274
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$918,020
Expenses
$1,168,428
Assets
$1,798,989
Liabilities
$407,907

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FJ FLYNN (PRESIDENT)
  • HEATHER FAGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FJ FLYNN (PRESIDENT)
  • HEATHER FAGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOSE FERNANDEZ (Secretary/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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

Executive offices (mayor's anti-bullying initiative) - to solicit and accept funds to launch an anti-bullying campaign in middle and high schools in the city. Executive offices (mayor's neighborhood & community summit & leadership training) - to provide workshops and a forum for neighborhood and community volunteers. Executive offices (mayor's veteran advisory council) - to solicit and accept funds to promote and conduct operations and events to recognize the services of veterans who reside in the city and surrounding areas and to offer assistance as may be needed. Executive offices (orlando cares) - to solicit and accept funds to improve youth literacy and increase community safety. Executive offices (orlando mayor's martin luther king, jr. Holiday commission) - to solicit and accept funds to promote the celebration of dr. King's legacy of equality, justice, freedom, peace, and harmony for all races and cultures in greater orlando by distributing funds to nonprofit organizations and groups. Funds are also used for the humanitarian awards recognition program. Humanitarian awards are given to one student at each of the middle and high schools in orange county. Executive offices (placemaking orlando) - to implement various projects that enhance the lives of residents by creating memorable shared experiences that unite the community and instill civic pride while improving the overall quality of the city. Activities include promotion and development of the arts, fostering the development of community appreciation, promotion of civic pride, educational purposes and improvement of public spaces within the city. Executive offices (the garden) - to solicit and accept funds to improve youth education and increase community safety by mobilizing citizens as volunteers and providing students with a constructive, educational after-school program whereby students connect with nature and learn about healthy food and applicable careers in science and agriculture. Executive offices (women's history month) - to provide resources, educational events and networking opportunities to women in orlando while encouraging careers in stem. An annual women in history event sponsored by the city of orlando will be held during women's history month. The project will solicit funds from the community through monetary and in-kind donations and sponsorships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 53.5%; rating input score 54; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.