Brooklyn Community Services

Legal name: Turning Point Brooklyn Inc

Overview

Mission

BCS partners with communities to build a Brooklyn where all residents have access to the education, employment, housing, and other essential resources they need to thrive. We recognize the dignity, strengths, and talents of our neighbors, and have worked since 1866 to support resilient communities.

What it reported doing in 2023

The outreach center - the outreach center programs provide community outreach and referral and educational presentations relating to HIV/AIDS and general at-risk behaviors, sexually transmitted infections and communicable diseases. Crisis intervention, case management services and HIV testing are also provided. A mobile health unit offers van-based counseling, testing, and limited medical services during off-peak hours throughout brooklyn, New York. The mobile shower bus program provides housing insecure individuals with showers as well as clean towels, shampoo, shaving kits, soap, socks & underwear, toilet facilities, access to laundry services, snacks, and a safe space. Shower bus staff additionally assist with linkages to other resources, including counseling services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
112838138
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY, US
Phone
718.310.5600
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -39%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.61; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $283K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.