Sycamore Collective

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873341285
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Collierville, TN, USA
Phone
9016506790
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,185
Expenses
$132,519
Assets
$18,739
Liabilities
$1,797

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erin Moore (Executive Director)
  • Ross Mead (President)
  • AnnieLaurie Walters (President-Elect)

People named in this filing

  • Erin Moore (Executive Director)
  • Katherine Pinson (Assistant Director)
  • Lindsay Gentry (Academic Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sycamore Collective is a classical Christian homeschool community serving Kindergarten through 12th grade. We provide a weekly classroom experience, a framework for at-home lessons, and the flexibility to adapt your child's education to their unique needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sycamore Collective provided weekly in-person classes for K-10 students, serving over 40 homeschooling families in the greater Memphis area. Core subjects included science, literature, writing, history, Latin, logic, geography, and Christian studies, among others. Classes were led by experienced tutors using a classical Christian model of education. These sessions offered a structured academic environment, encouraged critical thinking through discussion-based learning, and reinforced concepts taught at home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.1%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.1% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.