The Axiom Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260484227
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Oroville, CA, USA
Phone
5305338010
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,888
Expenses
$134,221
Assets
$613,247
Liabilities
$389,862

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARCOS GONZALEZ (Executive Dir.): $6,823 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The axiom project, inc. Is a nonprofit religious coporation organized exclusively for religious purposes. The primary function of the corporation is to administer and operate the axiom youth center in oroville, California. The axiom exists to provide a safe place for jr high and high school students to receive help for the physical, emotional, academic, and spiritual needs that exist in their lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

The axiom project operates a youth center that provides jr. And sr. High school students a safe place to gather, learn and recreate after school. The center provides supervised entertainment, academic assistance, low-cost snacks, spiritual counseling, and other activities designed to provide students with an alternative to unsafe and potentially harmful activities. The axiom exists to build platforms of success for students to realize and utilize untapped potential.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 57.2%; rating input score 57
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -43%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.57; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 57.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.