Bay View Citizens for Social Justice Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311612534
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cheriton, VA, USA
Phone
7573311840
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Rehabilitation

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,708
Expenses
$37,693
Assets
$2,959,108
Liabilities
$3,108,214

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alice Coles (Executive Director)
  • Niketa C Ayers (President)
  • Gleneva Owens (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Alice Coles (Executive Director): $6,925 total reported compensation
  • Niketa C Ayers (President): $3,350 total reported compensation
  • Jabias Kellam (Director): $210 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 betterment of an impoverished rural community by funding efforts to improve living conditions and create opportunities that will properly educate unite and empower residents while enhancing their quality of life towards a sustainable future.

What it reported doing in 2024

BCSJ Social Economic Needs Program: BCSJ non-profit utilized program income and contributed funds community facilities shared grounds technologies equipment and human resources to provide food assistance hunger relief program promote health awareness prevention initiatives via community workshops screenings application for services assistance community education outreach efforts to brace the freefall and setbacks which erupted due to climate change rapid waterfront development inflation and economic disparities among this underserved community which is rich in culture history while providing many amenities and owns many assets; yet seeking sustainability. The community residents board members local leaders and officials are collaborating to chart a new path work-out towards sustainability through entrepreneurship renewable energy options promoting outdoor facilities and markets while embracing innovated environmental practices protective measurements as the locality is heavily geared towards eco-tourism. These on-going efforts will allow many displaced residents to explore the new workforce prepare train and educate our community of the needed skills education training necessary to obtain them and monitor the process so that failure will not be an option.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.5%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 26%; rating input score 26
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 78.51; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.05; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.5% of revenue deployed · 26% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.