Biashelp Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113387522
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Hauppauge, NY, USA
Phone
6314796015
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Intergroup, Race Relations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,166
Expenses
$210,683
Assets
$505,885
Liabilities
$22,442

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN HAIGNEY (EXEC. MANAGING DIRECTOR): $17,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Biashelp, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency dedicated to the prevention of bias crimes, hate-related harassment, bullying, cyberbullying and discrimination. Located on long island, biashelp provides programs and services locally, regionally and nationally. Biashelp considers an action to be discriminatory when a person or group is targeted, in whole or in part, because of their perceived differences, including race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation.biashelp's programs include prevention education, community and school-based technical assistance, support of aggressive public policies that ensure human rights protections and effective media responses to current social issues.

What it reported doing in 2014

Re-entry project: biashelp continues to play a pivotal role in the health improvements for re-entering ex-offenders (hire) program, a project of the long island association for AIDS care, inc. (liaac). The project is a collaborative effort of three agencies, liaac, biashelp, inc. And the economic opportunity council of suffolk, inc. (eoc) that AIDS currently and formerly incarcerated individuals who are infected with HIV/AIDS or at-risk of infection and who are transitioning back to nassau and suffolk counties from federal or state correctional facilities. The hire project provides health, economic, and recidivism prevention services to increase self-sufficiency not only for the individual, but for their families as well. Biashelp provides psychosocial (recidivism prevention) services that include, but not limited to, mentorship/education, anger management, gang prevention, coping skills, communication skills, and mediation among family members who may have mixed feelings toward/against supporting the returning individual. Through this multifaceted program, hire provides the necessary resources and tools to create self-sufficiency, ensure healthy outcomes and successful transition for post-incarcerated individuals and their families. In 2014, the biashelp staff member encountered 221 individuals who were previously or currently incarcerated, administered 90 rapid HIV and 68 rapid hcv tests, provided 172 referrals, completed 79 intakes into the hire care coordination program and distributed 2,550 condoms.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $194K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $17K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.