Urban Works Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 311544196
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2010–2015
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2015
Location: Anchorage, AK, USA
Rating: 83
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Urban League

Reported finances

Revenue: $110
Expenses: $29,202
Assets: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JEWEL JONES (Vice President)

People named in this filing

ELEANOR ANDREWS (Board Chair)
JEWEL JONES (Vice President)
KEVIN KERR (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of urban works is to enable african americans and other people of color to secure economic self-reliance and social and educational parity

What it reported doing in 2015

Programs to help african americans and other disadvanteged ethnic minorities and disadvantaged non minorities in acheivement of social and economic equality. Economic programs including ida matching savings program and the operation of a print shop to employ disadvantaged and at risk youth.

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

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: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 7
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -26,447.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -55.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2015
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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 0/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.