The Word Network Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452042427
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Southfield, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2483574566
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $201
- Assets
- $18,584
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN ADELL (PRESIDENT & CEO)
People named in this filing
- KEVIN ADELL (PRESIDENT & CEO)
- RALPH LAMETI (TREASURER & 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Receiving and administering funds for charitable, educational and religious purposes as described in section 501(c)(3) of irc, developing and implementing projects and activities to advance the quality of life in undeserved urban communities, by providing life changing access to resources and experiences for effective community engagement, and educating, promoting and advocating issues to help individuals experience a healthier and positive lifestyle, and conducting all activities incidental or necessary to accomplishing the foregoing purposes or otherwise permitted by section 501(c)(3) of the code.
What it reported doing in 2024
Develop and implement projects and activities to advance the quality of life in undeserved urban communities
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- 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: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.