The People United Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862034261
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4042312001
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,283
Expenses
$48,929
Assets
$77,464
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIUS THOMAS (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JULIUS THOMAS (CEO)
  • MIRIAM ARCHIBONG (COO)
  • PHIL THOMPSON (CFO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We aim to build bridges between government, private corporations and underserved families to create an equitable society.

What it reported doing in 2023

Program root seeks be a change agent in tackling the root causes of crime and generational poverty.program root's goal is to guide at-risk teens and young adults into a pathway of prosperity. It is a 6- month citizens development program focused on the four e's: education, entertainment, entrepreneurship and engagement. These four pathways will directly impact participants' education tools to pursue a higher learning, a career pathway deep into the film & entertainment industry, access to startup tools to launch their own business and participation in key nonpartisan civic engagement. By equipping at risk young people with life changing access to resources such as mental health, financial literacy, stem training, public speaking, and networking opportunities project root can have confidence in their ability to inject hope into a young person's life that will draw them away from a direction of crime.tpu trade up fair is our fall and spring initiative to bring careers to the communities through highlighting many opportunities with trade skills through collaboration with the city of atlanta, fulton county government, atlanta public schools and state of Georgia.in 2022, the people's uprising (tpu) was proud to partner with one musicfest, mtv and the city of atlanta to continue our votelanta celebration that originated in 2021. Votelanta is tpu's signature nonpartisan voter registration and voter mobilization event that encourages the next generation of voters to be civically engaged. Votelanta averages an attendance 2,000 young people who annual come together to celebrate voting using atlanta's culture in music and entertainment.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -93.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -124.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.