Third Ward Zen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871287109
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Greenville, MS, USA
Phone
2404721282
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,940
Expenses
$11,090

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

Overview

Mission

Educational Services and Schools - Other

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,250. The stated grant purposes included to support their union street community garden summer youth project. funds were used to assist in providing small stipends for participating youth., to support hill station clean cooking project to fund two short videos and general operations. project is part of sports in sierra leone inc. which works with youth to promote playing tennis. through their work theyve discovered food security and environmental health are major issues. the goal of the project is to upgrade the stoves that mothers of the children in the low-income hill station neighborhood of freetown sierra leone use to cook their meals. the expected outcomes from providing upgraded cookstoves to cook with are a reduction in the consumption of charcoal a reduction in the amount of money spent on charcoal as fuel to cook food and a reduction in breathing problems caused by cooking with traditional cookstoves; thus helping to improve food security and environmental health., and to support general fund for the step afrika! presents the evolution tour; performance by dance group that promotes stepping as an educational tool for young people focusing on teamwork academic achievement and cross-cultural understanding., plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 47

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 11; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.89; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 47th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 47/100.