Westwood Project Graduation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742924490
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,130
- Expenses
- $55,912
- Assets
- $6,564
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Barbie Burgett (Project Graduation Chair)
- Victoria Walker (Treasurer)
- Michele Martin (Project Graduation Chair)
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
Project Graduation offers a safe, chaperoned, and substance-free environment for graduating seniors to celebrate their accomplishments on their last night of high school. Activities typically include: Games (casino nights, inflatables, arcade games) Entertainment (live music, photo booths, DJs) Food and drinks (catered meals, snacks, refreshments) Prizes (raffles, giveaways) Project Graduation is a national program with local chapters typically run by parent volunteers and fundraising efforts and Westwood PG will benefit 700+ senior students.
What it reported doing in 2024
The most significant expenses: gaming, entertainment, and prizes. Services Provided: Gaming: Project Graduation offers a variety of gaming experiences to cater to diverse interests. This might include inflatables, arcade games, casino nights with simulated gambling (using play money), or even video game tournaments. Entertainment: Live music performances, DJs, photo booths, magic shows, or even hypnotists are some examples of entertainment options provided to keep graduates engaged throughout the night. Prizes: Raffles and giveaways are a major draw for Project Graduation. Prizes can range from gift cards and electronics to college scholarships or even a new car (depending on fundraising success).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 80
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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -24.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th 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 · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.