Sumter Emc Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161639226
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Americus, GA, USA
- Phone
- 2299248041
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,543
- Expenses
- $111,989
- Assets
- $195,797
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANDREA WALKER (CHAIRMAN)
- JOHN T ARGO JR (VICE CHAIRMA)
- WHITNEY JOHNSON (SEC/TREAS)
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 purposes and goals of the foundation include, without limitation, the following: (1) to support and promote educational attainment throughout the sumter electric membership corporation (sumter emc) service area by creating, establighing or funding educational training programs seminars, courses, scholarships, etc. (2) to support and promote health and human services; catastrophic interventions; to provide food, shelter, clothing and safety; and to promote economic development and cultural enrichment in the sumter emc service area. (3) to provide means for the communication and disbursement of funds for any and all charitable purposes in the sumter emc service area.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purposes and goals of the foundation include, without limitation, the following: (1) to support and promote educational attainment throughout the sumter electric membership corporation (sumter emc) service area by creating, establighing or funding educational training programs seminars, courses, scholarships, etc. (2) to support and promote health and human services; catastrophic interventions; to provide food, shelter, clothing and safety; and to promote economic development and cultural enrichment in the sumter emc service area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -39%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.