Transform Alabama

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873817162
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Talladega, AL, USA
Phone
4047044014
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$259,506
Expenses
$262,703
Assets
$6,418
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR ADIA WINFREY PSYD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR ADIA WINFREY PSYD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $39,250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to build a more equitable democracy by organizing everyday citizens through producing hip hop-based intergenerational community events, collecting oral histories, and creating multimedia content with the goal to provide practical political education and increase black constituent engagement.

What it reported doing in 2024

This year we spoke to 6,200 people who voted in 2020 but did not vote in 2022. Of these individuals 4,500 voted in november 2024. We also founded our hbcu leaders program at talladega college, tuskegee university, and miles college. The hbcu leaders program is training the next wave of leaders. Our mission includes using hip hop culture as an educational tool. This year we launched the selma hip hop harvest festival. Through our text bank outreach led by our talladega college hbcu leaders, we reached over 60,000 people. Finally, transform Alabama institutionalized our project heal, elevate and transform (h.e.a.t.) our civic engagementprogram.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -1.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 52% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $173K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $39K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.