Urban District Alliance Inc Dba Downtown Council of Champions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431790672
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Springfield, MO, USA
Phone
4178316200
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,390
Expenses
$102,105
Assets
$54,337
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAYMOND WORLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • GARY SCHAFER (PRESIDENT)
  • ASHLEY CASAD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOSELYN BALDNER (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RAYMOND WORLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • GARY SCHAFER (PRESIDENT)
  • ASHLEY CASAD (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Uda is a community development corp providing leadership, programs, & services to preserve & strengthen the economic vitality of center city & historic business districts.

What it reported doing in 2024

Providing leadership, programs, and services to preserve and strengthen the economic vitality of center city and its historic business districts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -43%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $93K 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: 11 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.