The Journey Collective Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854188679
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Concord, NC, USA
Phone
9199096612
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,194
Expenses
$102,967
Assets
$8,789
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIYA W SHEARS (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIYA W SHEARS (President): $18,800 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Journey empower women in their spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial wellness because we believe that when women are empowered their homes and commuities are transformed.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Journey offers group coaching, workshops, financial literacy training, and spiritual wellness opportunities. Our programming includes a monthly 21-day coaching program for womens enpowerment nationwide. We also provide in-person events throughout the year for women to network and celebrate wellness. We provide monthly workshops on various topics, including breast health, cooking classes, self-care seminars, emotional wellness sessions and more. Created a structure to provide weekly virtual fitness classes. Created a monthly digital magazine with practical tools and tips on wellness Created a group coaching program that enabled women to receive resources in various areas: financial, spiritual, emotional & physical wellness. Hosted our first 5K for womens wellness Hosted an anniversary brunch, bringing women together for spiritual and emotional wellness.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.9%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.9% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.