Troup County Center for Strategic Planning Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270863139
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Lagrange, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7062983639
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Urban, Community Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $323,200
- Expenses
- $240,482
- Assets
- $352,264
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
People named in this filing
- DEAN COLLINS (CHAIRMAN)
- COLEMAN FOSS (VICE CHAIRMA)
- TRIPP PENN (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Troup county center for strategic planning, inc. (the "center") is a non- profit organization organized in 2009 to carry out initiatives set forth in troup county's strategic plan. The nine major strategies target various community concerns in areas of: land planning, economic development, education, employment, health, poverty reduction, housing, environmental stewardship, and cultural enrichment - all in a concerted effort to maintain and improve the quality of life for all troup county residents.
What it reported doing in 2024
The troup county center for strategic planning participated in carrying out the initiatives set forth in troup county, Georgia's strategic plan including: working closely with the troup county school system addressing the needs of all children but especially those pre-k through 3rd grade on reading. We have worked on workforce development initiatives with the chamber of commerce as well as the college and career academy. We have played an active part in the racial trustbuilding initiative throughout the county and supported that program with financial and human resources. We have worked with the county and all three cities on a 3-year housing initiative trying to determine the right housing mix for the 5,000 new jobs that are on the way to our county.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 66% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.8%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 62.9%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.6%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.8% of revenue deployed · 62.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.