Wakullah Street Community Garden Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882976730
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,029
- Expenses
- $18,029
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Osarumese Okoh (President)
People named in this filing
- Osarumese Okoh (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
Promote socially just healthy and sustainable urban living in the Wakullah - Dale Street neighborhood of Bostons Roxbury community; Provide positive learning and community - building experiences to community members of all ages; Educate Wakullah Street community members and the public at large about the multiple benefits of shared functional and aesthetically pleasing outdoor space; Educate Wakullah Street community members and the public at large about the personal and community benefits of collaborative visioning and labor; Educate Wakullah Street community members on the processes methods and benefits of cultivating fresh vegetables fruit herbs and other plants for their own consumption and enjoyment;
What it reported doing in 2024
Received an Expanding Engagement Grant from the City of Boston to provide free community programming for seniors. Activities included outdoor painting classes yoga sessions and outdoor socialization events featuring fish fry and live music. Programming was designed to reduce social isolation promote physical wellness and foster creative expression among elderly community members. Approximately 200 seniors were served through this program during the tax year. Total program expenses were 8,500 fully funded by the grant with no program revenue generated.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.6%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 41.6%; rating input score 42
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: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.6% of revenue deployed · 41.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.