Alexian Brothers Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431295333
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Phone
3147293500
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing, Shelter N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,600,291
Expenses
$5,985,414
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL STRICKER (CHAIR): $1,005,807 total reported compensation
  • RYAN ENDSLEY (DIRECTOR): $436,367 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH VALKENBERG (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $332,109 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alexian brothers services inc. ("abs") operates a hud housing project known as alexian court. Alexian court carries out the healing mission of the catholic church as an alexian brothers ministry by identifying and developing (see schedule o for continuation)effective responses to the health and housing needs of those we are called to serve.

What it reported doing in 2021

Alexian court is a 109-unit apartment building for low income senior citizens. As a h.u.d. Section 202 elderly housing facility, alexian court units are rent subsidized, enabling older adults to live in clean, safe surroundings when otherwise their income level would not permit them access to adequate housing. In addition to basic residential services, residents of alexian court have available to them a variety of enriching recreational and educational programs. Alexian court also sponsors many other health promotion programs for the community as well as the residents, including seminars on illness and disease for specific groups, all of which are offered at no charge. In addition, the facility is used for neighborhood town meetings as well as a polling location. That alexian (see schedule o for continuation) court's presence represents a vitally needed community service is evident from the fact that it was almost fully occupied throughout fiscal year 2021 and 2022. As part of the ascension catholic health ministry, the filing organization served in support of ascension's commitment to both care for patients and communities and support caregivers and associates through the challenges of the covid-19 global pandemic in 2020 & 2021. The apartment building was classified as held for sale as of may 31, 2021 and sold during 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 19th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: -66.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 40 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.