Alliance for Better Long Term Care Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 050394877
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Warwick, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4017853340
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $815,172
- Expenses
- $862,048
- Assets
- $131,407
- Liabilities
- $133,066
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KERI SALINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JOHN HARPOOTIAN (PRESIDENT)
- TRACY CARLSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHLEEN HEREN (RI STATE LTC OMBUDSMAN (UNTIL 12/24)): $109,101 total reported compensation
- KERI SALINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $89,078 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The alliance for better long term care provides programs that advocate for the rights, dignity, and quality of life of Rhode Island's older adults, caregivers, and all individuals receiving long-term care services. Through education, direct support, community programs, and collaborative advocacy, we empower those we serve with the tools, information, and representation they need to thrive.
What it reported doing in 2024
In accordance with, and subject to, the laws and regulations r.i.g.l. 42-66.7-1-17 and in accordance with the older americans act of 1965, title vii, chapter 2- ombudsman programs: 1) advocate on behalf of long term care facility residents, home and hospice care recipients; 2) identify, investigate, and resolve complaints that (a) are filed by residents or recipients of services as outlined above or by individuals acting on their behalf, and (b) relate to action, inaction, or decisions by (i) providers, or representatives of providers, of long-term care services, (ii) public agencies, or (iii) health and social service agencies that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, rights, or quality of life of residents of long term care facilities, or recipients of home or hospice care (including the welfare and rights of the residents with respect to the appointment and activities of guardians and representative payees) and health care and financial powers of attorney; and 3) perform such other duties as shall be required by the laws and regulations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -5.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $718K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.