The Messages Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263866035
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Norfolk, VA, USA
Phone
7575674824
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Reported finances

Revenue
$300
Assets
$300

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE LECROY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE LECROY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- TREASURER)
  • SANDRA BUELL (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MARTIN LABARBEARA (BOARD MEMBER)

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

To visit Virginia prisons to present the messages project to offenders

What it reported doing in 2024

To visit Virginia prisons to present the message project to offenders

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.7%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $50 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.