The Edward Brown Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871835886
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Portsmouth, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7573445265
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Delinquency Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,068
- Expenses
- $81,403
- Assets
- $44,322
- Liabilities
- $19,657
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GEORGE DEGROAT (PRESIDENT)
- GERAVIS BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GEORGE DEGROAT (PRESIDENT)
- GERAVIS BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- D'JUAN THOMAS (DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Make a difference in the lives of at-risk youth in Hampton Roads. We want to empower & support the young minds in our community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Remaining grant funding allocations were under $5000 and included $4278.13 for Fresh Start Program, $4248.78 for Leaders In Training Program and $425 in operational costs.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 54.4%; rating input score 54
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: 23.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 54.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.