Amherst Community Connections

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 800478844
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location: Amherst, MA, USA
Phone: 4133453707
Rating: 82
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $195,200
Expenses: $205,050
Assets: $377,665
Liabilities: $12,068

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

HWEI-LING GREENEY (FOUNDEREXEC DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Amherst community connections serves the

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Acc served about 800 low income households in fy 2025 assisting them secure affordable housing and public benefits.2. Acc provided $400/month cash and monthly case management

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 79
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 41.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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

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High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.