Brooklyn Community Services

What it reported doing in 2024

Services for people living with developmental disabilities the services for people living with developmental disabilities program division provides comprehensive and holistic person-centered treatment, recovery and job training services to support the life goals of adults living with mental illness, along with service coordination and other activities to promote rehabilitation and to help program participants progress towards fuller, more rewarding and increasingly independent participation in the community. This program division provides vocational evaluation, job training, job placement and post-employment support to adults with disabilities. The population served include those with severe barriers to employment such as mental illness and/or developmental disabilities, and those with less severe medical disabilities. Programs provide day habilitation, recreation/respite, community habilitation and residential support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 68%; rating input score 68
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings