Urban League of Racine & Kenosha Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 391042332
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2009–2023
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location: Racine, WI, USA
Phone: 2628427461
Rating: 71
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $111,106
Expenses: $293,374
Assets: $280,188
Liabilities: $7,922

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JAMES HALL (President)
CALIAH GRIFFIN (Vice President)

People named in this filing

JAMES HALL (President)
KENDRA KOEPPEN-MULWANA (Chairman)
CALIAH GRIFFIN (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to empower people of color and others in underserved communities to achieve their highest human potential, attain financial stability and proper progressive education that will change their lives. We promote economic empowerment through education and job training, housing and community development, entrepreneurship, health and quality of life programs, workshops and counseling.

What it reported doing in 2023

The urban money experience is financial education that emphasizes quality of life and personal priorities. Urban money is a highly engaging life simulator that helps people gain perspective on how their financial choices affect their future. The urban money experience tackles most of your day-to-day financial decisions: the self-guided program and individualized learning. The urban sports academy is a program designed to provide a safe and rewarding outlet for inner-city youth in racine and kenosha. The program focuses on building mental and emotional strength, physical endurance, and academic success. Participants will develop skills in communication, conflict resolution, de-escalation, and discipline, as well as improve their reading abilities. Additionally, the program includes yoga and meditation to improve strength, balance, flexibility, inner peace, and a sense of calm among the children. Youth training for leadership employment program assists youth in discovering their skills for the workforce challenges of tomorrow. In a safe space with positive mentorship. The youth explore their interests and passions while developing employability skills. Our youth receive financial literacy and leadership training during the 10-week program. Urban read is a free summer reading program for students in grades 3-8 to help maintain and improve their literacy skills over the summer break. Students who do not practice reading regularly over the summer may experience a decline in their reading ability, known as the "summer slide." the program offers one-hour sessions, four days a week, with a limit of six students per session. Students must commit to one specific time slot for the entire 10-week program. The program includes reading guidance and tutoring to support students' language skills.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 57
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 28
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
Program expense ratio: 27.9%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -164%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 27.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2023
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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.