Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Bama Works Fund
EIN 85-0922891 • 501(c)3 • Birmingham, AL
Pub. 78 Eligible990-N Coverage
Profile
To provide tax-credited scholarships to low-income high school students to attend the public or private school of their choice.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
5th percentile
Higher net margin than 5% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
10th percentile
Faster asset growth than 10% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
6th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 6% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$306
Down $79,600 (-100%) from 2022
Liabilities
Down$0
Down $100 (-100%) from 2022
Net Assets
Down$306
Down $79,500 (-100%) from 2022
Revenue
Down$23,500
Down $280,358 (-92%) from 2022
Expenses
Down$103,000
Down $216,701 (-68%) from 2022
Net Income
Down-$79,500
Down $63,657 (-402%) from 2022
Trend Graphs
Filings
Most recent year
2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $306
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $306
- Revenue
- $23,500
- Expenses
- $103,000
- Net income
- -$79,500
Latest Filing Detail
Jump To
Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
- Signed
- Jan 22, 2025
- Return Version
- 2023v6.0
- Gross Receipts
- $23,500
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
To provide tax-credited scholarships to low-income high school students to attend the public or private school of their choice.
Beginning of Year- Serve as a Scholarship Granting Organization for low-to-moderate income children in the state of Alabama. However, the program went dormant during the 2022-2023 school year. We are now repurposing the program to serve low-to-moderate income residents by enabling the supply and access of affordable housing in the Greater Western Birmingham community of Alabama.m
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| -Scholarshipped our final round of students in the 2022-2023 school year | $98,500 | $4,500 |
| -Raised $23,500 in tax credit contributions | $0 | $0 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derwin Jackson | Member (Operationally Executive Director) | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Mark Martin | Member | PT | $0 | - | - |
| F Gerrel Jones | Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Bama Builds
- EIN
- 85-0922891
- Phone
- 2058073468
- Address
- 222 6th Ave SW Suite 200, Birmingham, AL 35211
Signing Officer
- Name
- Derwin Jackson
- Title
- Executive Director
- Phone
- 2058073468
- Signed
- 2025-01-22
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Header, Line A
“Updating organization name from Bama Works Fund to Bama Builds as the former went dormant and the Board allowed the non-profit to continue serving its charitable target population y instead entering the affordable housing charitable space.”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Updating organization name from Bama Works Fund to Bama Builds as the former went dormant and the Board allowed the non-profit to continue serving its charitable target population y instead entering the affordable housing charitable space. |
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| ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt | 0 | As the organization went dormant it took us a while to build the new board and to then figure out what had been done by the previous leadership before we re-constituted the charitable purpose and made the name change. |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z |
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| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2025-01-22T06:19:18-07:00 |
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