The Brandon Kirk Sims Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273247004
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Winnsboro, LA, USA
Phone
3182674600
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,818
Expenses
$56,288
Assets
$29,437

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL BLAISE SIMS (PRESIDENT &)
  • MELANIE CHRISTIAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CARMEN REED SIMS (SECRETARY)
  • MICHAEL BLAISE SIMS (PRESIDENT &)
  • MICHAEL RYAN ELLINGTON (VICE PRESIDE)

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

The brandon kirk sims foundation's mission is to help better the surrounding community through financial, community service, and spiritual endeavors with a specific focus on assisting individuals and families with low socioeconomic status and individuals with disabilities and medical problems.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mission is to reach out into the community through financial contributions, community service, and spiritual endeavors in order to provide for a better community. The brandon kirk sims foundation, inc. Has continued its scholarship program, community assistance program (merit), and its food assistance program (chow) throughout the time period specified. The scholarship program consists of paying for tuition, school supplies, and uniforms for one child in nicaragua per year. The merit program consists of providing after school activities, mentorship, camaraderie, and tutoring opportunities for disabled individuals and other individuals in need. The chow program is designed to collaborate with the local school district to identify students who may need food assistance then provide those students with a food package to combat their hunger on the weekends (chow).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 31; 31st 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: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.