35 Catherine Street Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562305098
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Worcester, MA, USA
Phone
5087550333
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,783
Expenses
$81,747
Assets
$717,053
Liabilities
$574,342

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KENNETH J BATES (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH J BATES (PRESIDENT & CEO): $458,558 total reported compensation
  • MARY BENVENUTO (EVP & CFOO): $330,904 total reported compensation
  • EMMANUEL OPPONG (EVP & CPO): $162,734 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide affordable housing for individuals living with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Promote certain mental health services to the community and for any other purposes, including educational and charitable purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.77; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $459K · 23 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.