We Got Us Now
Legal name: We Got Us Now Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364819384
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9173304222
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Inmate Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $971,998
- Expenses
- $729,353
- Assets
- $957,720
- Liabilities
- $6,289
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EBONY UNDERWOOD (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- EBONY UNDERWOOD (CEO): $161,878 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are transforming how systems recognize, understand, and respond to children and young adults impacted by parental incarceration through public education, strategic partnerships, technical assistance, research, narrative change, leadership development, policy influence, and practical solutions.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, we got us now expanded public education on the long-term impact of parental incarceration through the 10m inspired educational series, hosted at leading colleges and universities. The series sparked ongoing engagement from students, educators, and mental health professionals eager to deepen their understanding of the long-term effects of parental incarceration. We launched the build ambassador program to elevate the voices of formerly incarcerated parents and continued to grow our national podcast, offering wellness-centered storytelling and mental health education. These efforts reinforced our role as a trusted leader and advanced awareness, healing, and advocacy for children with incarcerated parents and justice-impacted families. Our work continues to shift public narratives and inform systems by centering the lived experience of those most impacted.
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 and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.5%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 46.5% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $452K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 6 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 46/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.