Benton County Empowerment Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260472661
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- Vinton, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3194724543
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $230,300
- Expenses
- $253,405
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To oversee and coordinate collaborative service for children and families living in or attending school, daycare or preschool in benton county. To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of services in the areas of education, health and human services for persons of all ages and to avoid the duplication of services.
What it reported doing in 2011
Family support and quality improvement programs: 61 families were served and 711 visits were made to increase parent knowledge of early childhood development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 73.5%; rating input score 73; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $222K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.