Alpha One
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010368096
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Portland, ME, USA
- Phone
- 2077672189
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- In-Home Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $48,249,850
- Expenses
- $45,933,757
- Assets
- $25,150,156
- Liabilities
- $10,934,634
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS C NEWMAN (PRESIDENT/EX)
Highest reported compensation
- THOMAS C NEWMAN (PRESIDENT/EX): $708,453 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH GRASS (DIRECTOR OF): $260,732 total reported compensation
- SERENA BUTTERFIELD (LTSS SENIOR): $117,688 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promote a philosophy of independent living, including a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and system advocacy, in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence, and productivity of individuals with disabilities, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of american society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Personal assistance services - sometimes called "caregiver services", comprise programs that provide disabled people with personal care attendants to assist them with the activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living that they are not able to perform themselves as a result of their disability. With the benefit of personal assistance services, disabled people are able to avoid institutionalization and instead live at home and in the community. 2,710 clients served during the fiscal year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $42.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $708K · 11 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $500K reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.