Sunflower County Freedom Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 640906025
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Sunflower, MS, USA
- Phone
- 7135914160
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,218
- Expenses
- $506,526
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHRIS PERKINS (CHAIR)
- JAMES HOKE PEACOCK III (TREASURER)
- SHEQUITE JOHNSON (SECRETARY)
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
Academic enrichment for students.
What it reported doing in 2022
Freedom summer - daily summer for 4-6 weeks for our freedom fellows focused on academic and artistic development through learning and extracurricular programs for middle and high school students who enroll.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 33
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: -194.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 33.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $168K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.