Beyond the Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834557198
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5853297364
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$699,971
Expenses
$896,152
Assets
$76,150
Liabilities
$163,314

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARMEN ALLEN (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CARMEN ALLEN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $22,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bts is a community service organization actively involved in the rochester community. We serve hundreds of residents every month through our various programs and services, including food pantry, clothing closet, rental assistance program, job readiness success program, our client management team, and social workers. By operating out of the historic memeorial a.m.e. Zion church, bts is centrally located, which helps us provide aid to a wide-range of rochester residents.

What it reported doing in 2023

Job readiness success program ensures particpants get a job and keep the job long-term, enabling them to become thriving, self-sufficient, working adults. Target population is unemplyed, underemployed, hard to employ, primarily african american and other disadvantaged populations through partnerships with the businesscommunity, unique werap around support services, stipends, social servivce referrals and career/skills training. Served 16 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $526.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.14; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -38.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.1% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $645K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $22K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.