The Ados Advocacy Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854024066
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Decatur, GA, USA
Phone
4043125121
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,580
Expenses
$29,171
Assets
$109,473
Liabilities
$6,667

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Y'VETTE CARNELL (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Y'VETTE CARNELL (President & CEO)
  • EVAN M SHEPARD (CFO)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific purposes of the Corporation include, without limitation, the following:(a) Provide civic education to those who support, or seek to support reparations forAmerican descendants of chattel slavery and a transformative Black agenda.(b) Deliver justice through reparations advocacyspecifically for the Americandescendants of chattel slavery;(c) Advocate for a political agenda to address discrimination against all Black Americans, inclusive of ADOS and non-ADOS Black Americans.

What it reported doing in 2023

The ADOS Advocacy Foundation furthers its charitable mission through the direct community service efforts of its members and directors, who volunteer at charity events and relief efforts across the country in communities comprising American Descendants of Chattel Slavery. These volunteer activities encompass a broad range of humanitarian services, including but not limited to disaster relief efforts, the distribution of food, clothing, and shelter resources, and other initiatives aimed at providing direct aid and tangible support to ADOS communities in need. Organizational members and directors engage in these activities on an ongoing basis throughout the year in various locations nationwide, donating their time and labor without monetary compensation or reimbursement from the Foundation. Through this program, the Foundation demonstrates its commitment not only to systemic advocacy on behalf of the ADOS community, but also to meeting the immediate and practical needs of that community through hands-on charitable service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.6%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.75; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.6% of revenue deployed · 44.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.