Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc. (QCAP)
Overview
Mission
Through partnerships, community engagement, and advocacy for racial, social, and economic justice, we provide pathways to assist families and individuals from diverse backgrounds in their efforts to realize economic opportunity and create meaningful connections to improve the quality of their lives.
What it reported doing in 2023
Energy program - provides financial assistance to eligible households to help them heat their homes. Provides conservation services including weatherization, heating systems repairs, replacement and appliance management to income eligible households.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042391348
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2023
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
- Headquarters
- Quincy, MA, United States
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
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 available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 73
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $1,913.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 1 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 20
- Impact reporting controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.33; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $59.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $252K · 27 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.