Village Leadership Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883681170
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,300
Expenses
$78,000
Assets
$65,300

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marcus Wilson (Founder CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Marcus Wilson (Founder CEO)

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

We serve young people in the nations capital through leadership workforce development mental health and wellness programming.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Village Leadership Program: The Village Leadership Program equips Black and Brown middle school boys with the skills resources and networks necessary to set and achieve future goals. The program provides weekly leadership workshops wellness activities yoga boxing cardio and meditation field trips to foster joy and community mentoring and coaching. In 2025 the program served over 50 students focusing on physical mental social-emotional and spiritual wellness while fostering a strong sense of belonging. 2. Compass Program: Compass supports Black and Brown male high school students through critical transitions in high school and into post-secondary opportunities. The program includes leadership workshops wellness activities mentoring and coaching with a new focus on service and community engagement. In 2025 Compass served 30 high school students helping them navigate academic and personal growth challenges prepare for post-secondary pathways and engage in meaningful service projects. 3. Black Male Founder BMF Collective: The Black Male Founder Collective provides a professional and supportive network for Black men who have founded youth and community-based organizations. The program focuses on self-care wellness and leveraging collective resources for business and personal advancement. In 2025 15 Black male founders participated in quarterly retreats and regular gatherings designed to strengthen leadership capacity build authentic community and share expertise and resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.8%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77

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: 39.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.8% of revenue deployed · 76.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.