Associated Catholic Charities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237013819
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Binghamton, NY, USA
Phone
6077299166
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$902,373
Expenses
$238,229
Assets
$9,549,113
Liabilities
$7,800

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM SILKWORTH (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIO DIFULVIO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TONYA BROWN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL MELARA (EX-OFFICIO W/O VOTE): $263,414 total reported compensation
  • TONYA BROWN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $206,883 total reported compensation
  • JEANNA DAVIS (CFO): $128,630 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To purchase, construct, operate and maintain rental housing for elderly families and elderly persons of low or moderate income, and the mentally disabled. To hold property for the non-profit purposes of catholic charities of the roman catholic diocese of syracuse, ny, dba catholic charities of broome county.

What it reported doing in 2025

The corporation holds real property and rents it exclusively to catholic charities of the roman diocese of syracuse, ny, dba catholic charities of broome county, for the operation of residential programming for developmentally disabled individuals.the corporation has established an endowment fund exclusively for the non-profit purposes of catholic charities of broome county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.4%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 73.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 40.08; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.4% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $230K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $263K · 26 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.