The Winning Circle
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581951260
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Ellenwood, GA, USA
- Phone
- 3046853077
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,500
- Expenses
- $30,618
- Assets
- $56,363
- Liabilities
- $30,618
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Daniel Buggs (Founder President)
- Terrance Thomas (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Daniel Buggs (Founder President)
- Terrance Thomas (CEO)
- Charlene Daise (Secretary)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To instill the core values of character, integrity, self control, self esteem and hope. Additionally the organization continues to work in schools with youth.
What it reported doing in 2016
Inner city classic
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -37.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -26.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2016
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.