The Chaldean Community Foundation

Overview

Mission

The chaldean community foundation is dedicated to improving the stability, health, and wellness of those we serve through advocacy, acculturation, community development, and cultural preservation.

What it reported doing in 2023

Behavioral health and human services: the chaldean community foundation has become the key service and planning organization for the chaldean community in the metropolitan detroit area. According to the most recent population study, the chaldean community is comprised of approximately 150,000 people in more than 30,000 households. The foundation and its partners provide services that benefit 150,000 people annually in the metropolitan detroit area and throughout the state of Michigan. Ccf behavioral health services were developed to provide much-needed mental health services, psychoeducation, wellness programming and support to new americans and others in Michigan. A core initiative is breaking barriers, which provides assistance and advocacy to individuals with special needs and respite to their unpaid caregivers. Services are focused to support community integration and independence. Beam project helps equip those with visual impairments by teaching technology skills with braille, esl, acculturation and mobility. Heal project is specific to the hearing impaired to support learning esl, american sign language and life skills. Wise programming is an evidence based wellness program empowering older adults to make positive and healthy choices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
203963417
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Sterling Heights, MI, USA
Phone
5867227253
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Crime Prevention

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.6%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: 46.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.26; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.6% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $552K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARTIN MANNA (PRESIDENT): $551,808 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.