Cha General Services Inc

Overview

Mission

Provides management and support personnel to and holds the real estate for its parent cha, in furtherance of cha's mission. Please see schedule o for remainder of disclosure.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o

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 nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043561265
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Headquarters
Malden, MA, USA
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.3; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $394.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links